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    Home » Sauces & spreads

    Published on: December 23, 2014 by Janice Lawandi; Updated on: March 22, 2023 Leave a Comment

    Sweet compound butters

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    Stiicks of sweet compound butters, flavoured with cinnamon sugar, orange, honey, and cranberry.

    On school mornings, breakfast would usually involve a bowl of cereal (preferably Frosted Mini-Wheats for me), and maybe a fruit or half a grapefruit sprinkled with a little sugar. But sometimes, I would make a special request for cinnamon toast, which my mom would make for me by generously smearing hot pieces of toast with lots and lots of butter, and then a good sprinkling of cinnamon and sugar.  Best breakfast ever in my opinion, but not just because it was sweet and cinnamony: my mom made it especially for me.

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    I think most of us grew up eating cinnamon toast for breakfast or as a snack, but as adults, when was the last time you had a slice? Sadly, I think I might have made cinnamon toast for myself maybe once or twice in my entire adult life, and with the nostalgic Christmas season upon us, it's one of the comfort foods I've been craving.

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    I put together three festive sweet butter recipes, perfect for Christmas brunch, and of course a fourth recipe for the classic cinnamon sugar butter because that's what I was craving. These are all extremely easy to make and can be tweaked to suit your taste buds. Sweet compound butters can be thrown together in literally minutes if you have some softened butter in your kitchen (which you probably do since we are all in peak Christmas cookie production mode) with odds and ends of the ingredients you've probably stocked up on for all your holiday baking. These sweet compound butters would make lovely homemade hostess gifts if you put them in mason jars too.

    For this post, I made small sticks of butter using a silicone pan. By the way, I don't recommend using fresh fruit to make compound butters because given the sugar in each recipe, the fruit will lose water as the butter chills and then the butter gets messy and isn't as pretty. Trust me, I know from experience. Definitely stick to candied or dried fruits and peel.

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    sweet flavoured butters

    Cinnamon Sugar Butter

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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 5 minutes mins
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine French
    Servings 8 tablespoons
    Calories 116 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 115 grams unsalted butter ½ cup, softened
    • 26 grams granulated sugar 2 tbsp
    • 2 grams ground cinnamon 1 tsp

    Instructions
     

    • Cream together the ingredients. Transfer to a clean jar and store in the refrigerator.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 116kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 0.1gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 2mgPotassium: 5mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 360IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 0.03mg
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    Cranberry Honey Butter

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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 5 minutes mins
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine French
    Servings 8 tablespoons
    Calories 127 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 115 grams unsalted butter ½ cup, softened
    • 15 mL honey 1 tbsp
    • 40 grams dried cranberries ¼ cup, chopped finely
    • 10 mL clementine zest

    Instructions
     

    • Mix together the ingredients. Transfer to a clean jar and store in the refrigerator.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 127kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 0.1gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 2mgPotassium: 7mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 359IUVitamin C: 0.02mgCalcium: 4mgIron: 0.03mg
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    Candied Orange Butter

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    Learn how to make an orange-flavoured butter with candied orange and orange zest with this easy recipe!
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 5 minutes mins
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine French
    Servings 8 tablespoons
    Calories 132 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 115 grams unsalted butter ½ cup, softened
    • 26 grams granulated sugar 2 tbsp
    • 40 grams candied orange peel ¼ cup, chopped finely
    • 10 mL clementine zest

    Instructions
     

    • Mix together the ingredients. Transfer to a clean jar and store in the refrigerator.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 132kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 0.1gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 7mgPotassium: 6mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 360IUCalcium: 4mgIron: 0.01mg
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    Gingerbread Butter

    AuthorAuthor : Janice Lawandi
    Learn how to make gingerbread butter with this easy recipe. This is a sweet compound butter that is a great spread for toast during the holiday season.
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 5 minutes mins
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine French
    Servings 8 tablespoons
    Calories 116 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 115 grams unsalted butter ½ cup, softened
    • 10 mL fancy molasses 2 tsp
    • 13 grams light brown sugar 1 tbsp
    • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
    • 1 pinch ground cloves
    • 1 pinch ground nutmeg

    Instructions
     

    • Cream together the ingredients. Transfer to a clean jar and store in the refrigerator.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 116kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 0.2gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 3mgPotassium: 34mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 360IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 10mgIron: 0.1mg
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