Make Breakfast Sweeter With Compound Butter

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I’ve been a big fan of compound butter for years; in fact, I didn’t even know they had that fancy name.  Compound butter is adding flavorful ingredients to regular butter to improve texture and give it a little more kick.  I’ve been whipping up my own concoctions with spices and herbs to top baked potatoes and spread over salmon and slip under the skins of whole chicken and turkey before baking, to jazzing up dinner rolls. But that has only been on the savory side!

Today, we are looking to make breakfast sweeter with three simple compound butters.  Created with two different mix-ins, get everyone started on a great day with a few sweet options.  From topping bagels, waffles, toast, muffins and more these are so much better than ho-hum plain butter…

As a spread, Gold ‘n Soft is a better alternative to butter when making compound butter.  Not only is it easier to blend your mix-ins, it has the great taste of butter with no cholesterol, hydrogenated oils and zero trans fats per serving.  The Butter Blends are made with better-for-you oils, and made with 51% Real Grade AA butter but spreadable and easier to use.

Our three easy recipes, Honey Cinnamon, Orange Vanilla and Strawberry Mint butter, don’t need fancy tools (well, except for a zester!) and can be whipped up in the morning. I, however, would suggest the night before so the flavors can really blend.

First, I head to WinCo for a few ingredients and breakfast is done in a snap. I love to go there because of their awesome bagel selections,  from triple berry to cheese-topped to chocolate chip!

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Make Breakfast Sweeter With Compound Butter

With only two mix-ins each, each of these compound butters are sure to be a family pleaser!

Course Breakfast, brunch

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

We start with...

• 4 tbsp Gold 'n Soft spread, regular or light per type

Honey Cinnamon Butter

• 1 tsp honey
• 1/8-1/4 tsp cinnamon

Orange Vanilla Butter

• 1/4 tsp fresh orange zest you will need a zester to do this...scraping with a knife isn't going to work
• 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract

Strawberry Mint Butter

• 3-4 fresh mint leaves
• 1 1/2 tsp strawberry preserves

Instructions

Honey Cinnamon Butter

1. Add 4 tablespoons of spread into a small bowl and mix in the honey and cinnamon well. Start with 1/8 teaspoon of cinnamon and add more to taste.

Orange Vanilla Butter

1. Add 4 tablespoons of spread into a small bowl and mix in the orange zest and extract well. You may choose to add more extract to taste.
   

Strawberry Mint Butter

1. Chop up the mint leaves into a small bowl. Muddle the leaves (with a muddler or the back of a spoon). Add 4 tablespoons of spread and preserves to the bowl and mix well. in.

Recipe Notes

Optional: Let your butter(s) sit for about 30 minutes (or overnight) in the refrigerator to allow the flavors to blend.

So yummy and easy to make!  The best part, you can play around with your own flavor combinations.  You can adjust my suggestions or add more mix-ins.  For every one you add in, lower the amounts of all the mix-ins.  It doesn’t take long to overwhelm the buttery taste of the spread.  We want to enhance it not mask it.

Check out our Orange Vanilla! The zest gives it a real citrus ping!

Mmmm….look at those flecks of cinnamon…

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