5 Homemade Flavored Butter Recipes (2024)

Mix softened butter with some simple ingredients and in minutes you have flavored butter that is out of this world delicious. Recipes like this Garlic Herb Butter, Honey Butter, and Brown Sugar Cinnamon Butter taste good on just about everything (especially homemade bread).

To cheer up some friends this week I decided to whip up a batch of homemade butter, bake some loaves of homemade bread and deliver them to some of my friends and neighbors.

And just for funsies, I mixed things up a bit and created 5 different butter flavors; salted, honey, garlic herb, brown sugar cinnamon honey, and pumpkin spice.

You guys, they ALL turned out soooo good!!! I seriously don’t know which one is my favorite, I truly love them all and can’t wait for you to try them too.

How to Make Flavored Butter

To start making flavored butter you should start with some good quality butter. Either make your own homemade butter from scratch (see directions below in this post) or use a quality store-bought butter. Soften it to room temperature, add in your spices and flavorings, and mix until creamy and smooth. Serve right away or store in the fridge for later. Easy!!

I think making butter is not only easy but also quite fun and I hope you enjoy making it too! Below I have added the 5homemade flavored butter recipesand free printable tags in case you choose to give these as gifts.

5 Flavored Butter Recipes

Once you’ve finished making your own homemade butter (or softening your store-bought butter), all you need to do is mix in a few seasonings and you just go up the Richter scale in coolness. I made several types of flavored butters including salted butter, honey butter, pumpkin spice butter, garlic herb butter and possibly my very favorite which is the brown sugar cinnamon honey butter.

HOMEMADE HONEY BUTTER
Sweet butter creamed with honey and a pinch of salt.

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup salted butter
4 tbsp honey
1/8 tsp salt

1. Mix the honey and salt into your softened salted butter until smooth and well combined.
2. Store in airtight container in the refrigerator. Keeps well for up to 2 weeks in refrigerator or up to 12 months in the freezer.

HOMEMADE GARLIC HERB BUTTER
This is the best ever garlic herb butter, perfect on everything from veggies to garlic bread.

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup salted butter
1/2 tbsp minced garlic
3 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
1 tsp garlic salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp parsley

1. Mix the minced garlic, parmesan cheese, garlic salt, black pepper and parsley into your softened salted butter until smooth and well combined.
2. Store in airtight container in the refrigerator. Keeps well for up to 1 week in refrigerator or up to 9 months in the freezer.

BROWN SUGAR CINNAMON HONEY BUTTER
Sweet homemade butter mixed with brown sugar and honey.

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup salted butter
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp honey

1. Mix the brown sugar, cinnamon and honey into your softened salted butter until smooth and well combined.
2. Store in airtight container in the refrigerator. Keeps well for up to 2 weeks in refrigerator or up to 12 months in the freezer.

HOMEMADE SALTED BUTTER
Delicious, creamy butter with salt.

How Do You Make Homemade Butter From Scratch?

Butter is so easy to make! All you need is some heavy whipping cream and an electric mixer of some sort. Now you can also do this with a whisk if you’re crazy or happen to have forearms like Popeye, but for everyone else lets stick to an electric device that can do that hard work for us.

To start you will need about a quart and a half of heavy cream, that is if you are making all 5 recipes.1 quart of cream yields 1 pound (2 cups) butter and2 cups buttermilk. You can adjust the amount of cream depending on how much butter you want to make.

Put your cream and 1 to 1 1/2 tsp of salt (opt. for salted butter) in a mixer/blender/ food processor. I used my food processor with the blade attachment. Turn the machine on and walk away. The magic will happen, I promise.

After a while the mixture gets thicker and I could hear my machine make different noises as the consistency of the cream changed frommilk to butter.

You want to let the machine run until the mixture gets all curdled like cottage cheese and the liquid separates from the butter. The liquid is the buttermilk. Save it and use it to make some of my yummy buttermilk biscuits or buttermilk pancakes.

After you strain the buttermilk from the butter you will want to wash the butter by adding water to the bowl and kneading butter just like dough to get the remaining buttermilk out. Dump out water and repeat until water is clear. This step is important because the buttermilk can cause the butter to go rancid. No one wants rancid butter. No one. See how the water is cloudy? That is the buttermilk coming out.

All that kneading will be worth it when you see and taste that beautiful butter you just created.

How Long Does Homemade Butter Last?

The butter should last you about 2-3 weeks provided you’ve thoroughly removed the buttermilk well enough. If you need it to keep any longer than that, simply portion it out in airtight food safe containers and freeze it. Salted butter should last about 12 months in the freezer whereas unsalted should be good for about 6 months.

Important Tips for Success!

Buttermilk. The liquid that separates from the butter when you’re making it is buttermilk. Don’t let it go to waste! You can save and refrigerate it for later use in a recipe like buttermilk biscuits or buttermilk pancakes.
Washing. Make sure that you wash the butter thoroughly. This step is important because the buttermilk can cause the butter to go rancid. Trust me, you most certainly don’t want any of this tasty butter to go to waste!
Flavoring. My list of flavored butter options are not the end all list of flavoring options! Feel free to mix it up and make your own! You can make your own Cajun butter, Italian butter, steak butter, herb butter…the possibilities are truly endless!

Flavored Butter Gift in Little Jars

I don’t know about you but I think I would be pretty happy to get this homemade gift of goodness, wouldn’t you? I think it’s a great gift for pretty much any occasion. I got my cute jars at cost plus world market, but you can snag some that are similar from amazon.

Here are the tags that I made for my jars. I have provided the free printable for you all because I love you. And you’re the best blog readers in the world. What more can I say?

Click the image below to get access to the PDF.

Want Recipes To Use Your Homemade Butter In?

Honey Oat Bread – With just a few ingredients you can make this delicious Honey Oat Bread and add these yummy homemade butters!
Homemade Country Oatmeal Bread – This is one of the tastiest breads I’ve ever made and I love to top with homemade honey butter!
Sweet Milk Homemade Waffles – Add some homemade pumpkin spice butter on top of these sweet waffles for a great breakfast!
Grandmother’s Butterhorns – Few things will do your freshly made butter justice like my delicious butterhorns!
Freezer French Toast Sticks – A simple french toast stick recipe that’s delicious especially when spread with the homemade honey butter!
Guinness Irish Brown Bread – Put homemade salter butter in the bread batter then slather the bread with it whenever it’s done baking!

There are many ways to enjoy flavored butter recipes for bread!! Below are the 5 homemade flavored butter recipes to print out.

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5 Delicious Flavored Butter Recipes

Published By Karrie

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Keyword Flavored Butter, Garlic Herb Butter, Homemade flavored butter

Servings 8 tablespoons

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Mix softened butter with some simple ingredients and in minutes you have flavored butter that is out of this world delicious. Recipes include Honey Butter, Garlic Herb Butter, Pumpkin Spice Butter, Salted Butter and Brown Sugar Cinnamon Honey Butter.

Ingredients

HOMEMADE HONEY BUTTER

▢ 1/2 cup salted butter
▢ 4 tbsp honey
▢ 1/8 tsp salt

HOMEMADE SALTED BUTTER

▢ 1/2 cup butter (homemade or store-bought)
▢ 1/8 tsp salt

GARLIC HERB BUTTER

▢ 1/2 cup salted butter
▢ 1/2 tbsp minced garlic
▢ 3 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
▢ 1 tsp garlic salt
▢ 1/4 tsp black pepper
▢ 1/2 tsp dried or fresh parsley

BROWN SUGAR CINNAMON HONEY BUTTER

▢ 1/2 cup salted butter
▢ 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
▢ 1 tbsp honey
▢ 1 tsp ground cinnamon

PUMPKIN SPICE BUTTER

▢ 1/2 cup salted butter
▢ 1 tbsp pumpkin puree
▢ 2 tsp sugar
▢ 1 tsp cinnamon
▢ 1/2 tsp ground ginger
▢ 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

Instructions

Mix the ingredients listed into your softened salted butter until smooth and well combined.
Store in airtight container in the refrigerator. Keeps well for up to 1 week in refrigerator or up to 12 months in the freezer.

Nutrition

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5 Homemade Flavored Butter Recipes (2024)

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How to make butter flavoring? ›

Originally Answered: How do you make your own butter extract or flavoring at home? Combine 1/3 cup of butter and one cup of vodka in a saucepan. Melt them together over low heat to ensure the alcohol won't evaporate. Once it's fully combined, let it sit at room temperature for 5 hours.

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How do you infuse butter with flavor? ›

Once the butter has melted, add your herbs to the pot. The quantity of herbs you use will depend on your desired flavor, but in general, you should use about three tablespoons of herbs for every cup of butter. Allow the herbs to steep in the melted butter for about fifteen minutes, stirring occasionally.

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How long does homemade flavored butter last? ›

How to store flavored butter. You can choose to either use the butter as soon as you've made it or you can roll it in paper or plastic wrap and store it up to two weeks in the fridge.

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What is the Flavouring compound for butter? ›

Diacetyl is a naturally occurring substance that gives butter its characteristic flavor and aroma, and is often a component of artificial flavoring formulations. Acetoin, a closely related chemical, also occurs naturally and is an ingredient in many flavoring formulations, perfumes and essences.

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What is the best butter flavoring? ›

#1 Best Overall: Watkins

At number 1 best overall we have Watkins! Watkins is no stranger to our “bests” lists, frequently being around the top of the pack for their awesome extracts. Their butter extract is absolutely delicious, with over 2000 reviews backing this awesome product up!

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Is butter extract the same as butter flavoring? ›

Butter extract is created by separating proteins and flavors from whole butter, while butter flavoring isolates specific compounds like diacetyl. Butter extract comes from milk ingredients and is not vegan, while butter flavoring can be vegan depending on the manufacturing process.

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What is the best butter to infuse? ›

Tips for Choosing Butter for Infusing

For instance, you may prefer Plugra for dessert recipes but find Land O'Lakes or Organic Valley better when regularly making infused entrees. You can also use the less expensive butter in recipes where there are many ingredients that might overpower the butter flavor.

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How long should I infuse my butter for? ›

Slice your butter sticks, so they fit into the reservoir, then close the lid. Consult the time and temperature calculator: 170°F degrees, and infusion for 5 hours. Some infüsiasts go up to 10 hours at 160°. This step will result in excellent infused butter.

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What is the best butter for infused butter? ›

You can choose any butter you like, salted or unsalted, but a higher quality product will yield a better end result. Virtually all butter or oil that contains fat is a good replacement.

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Why does homemade butter go bad? ›

On the flip side, all that fat makes butter susceptible to spoilage. As it is exposed to light, heat, and oxygen, butter oxidizes, which alters its molecular structure, changing the taste, texture, and even color.

Does flavored butter go bad? ›

For example, swapping dried herbs for fresh ones can cause compound butter to spoil at a faster rate. In this case, compound butter may only last up to five days before decreasing in quality. When it comes to compound butter containing garlic, it will typically keep for up to two weeks in the fridge.

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When making butter when do you add seasoning? ›

When churning cream you'll eventually separate the fat from the whey, and after that you'll need to rinse the newly formed butter. If you add seasonings before that, they will be rinsed away and with it all the flavor, so I'd suggest to add after that.

What is the name of the fake butter? ›

It's more commonly known as margarine, and in my opinion it is to be avoided. It's made from vegetable oil and the solid forms are from hydrogenated oil, but all of this substance has been chemically treated and altered beyond natural recognition.

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What is seasoning butter? ›

It's just butter mixed with herbs and seasonings, after all! If you have an abundance of summer herbs to use up, or if you're looking for an easy way to add bold flavor to your cooking, I highly encourage you to try it.

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What makes butter premium? ›

The answer is complex, but a major feature of high-end butters is their elevated fat content. Standard grocery store butter clocks in at about 80 percent fat. Sheana Davis, co-author of “Buttermonger” and a specialty food purveyor to acclaimed restaurants, suggests looking for higher fat or cream content.

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How do I substitute butter for butter flavoring? ›

Melted butter can be used to flavor recipes in place of butter extract, and while salted butter has more flavor, to avoid salt use unsalted butter (use Unsalted Butter Substitute). You will start with less melted butter and add more as you monitor the consistency of the recipe.