This Cranberry Butter is perfect for the holidays! I love making my own flavored compound butters. They are so easy yet impressive and make a lovely housewarming gift.
Garlic Chive Butter on baked potatoes is just heavenly! But if sweet is more your thing, you have to try my Brown Sugar Butter - both are so, so good on a stack of pancakes, or homemade toast.
This time of year, it's nice to have a few small things on hand for hostess gifts, and this is one you can literally whip together in no time and keep in the refrigerator for about two weeks.
You can make up two or three ahead of time and just grab one on your way out the door. Add a fresh loaf of local bread or some tasty crackers and a pretty ribbon, and you've got a thoughtful little gift.
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Ingredients
- Unsalted Butter: Using unsalted butter means that you can control the amount of salt in the recipe.
- Whole Cranberry Sauce: Grab a can of whole berry cranberry sauce from the grocery store. This will save you lots of time and effort over using fresh cranberries.
- Honey: Adds sweetness. You can also substitute agave nectar.
- Sea Salt: A pinch of salt enhances the cranberry flavor.
Optional: if you like the flavor of oranges, add a little bit of orange zest to this cranberry butter recipe.
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For Gifting:
- Scoop out the butter mixture with a rubber spatula and fill your jar.
- Wipe the rims and seal the jar tightly.
- Wrap the jars with parchment paper and twine, or wait until you’re ready to hand them out.
Similar Recipes
You'll also love this Brown Sugar Compound Butter, which I really love serving with Pumpkin Bread and Sweet Potato Rolls. Maple Butter and Honey Butter are also delicious sweet compound butter recipes.
Related: Flavored Butter Recipes
This holiday season, consider making a butter board with this cranberry butter. Sprinkle a few fresh or dried cranberries on top, maybe some chopped walnuts or pecans, and serve with crackers and toast points.
If you're entertaining for Thanksgiving, use your cranberry butter and make pretty little butter rosettes.
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If you love cranberries, try one of these delicious recipes:
Cranberry Butter
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Ingredients
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter room temperature
- ¼ cup whole cranberry sauce
- 2 tablespoons local honey
- Sea Salt
Instructions
- Using the paddle attachment on your electric mixer, combine the softened butter with the cranberry sauce, honey and salt.¼ cup butter, ¼ cup whole cranberry sauce, 2 tablespoons local honey, Sea Salt
- Whip together until fully incorporated, about 2 minutes.
- Transfer to a mason jar until
Equipment
- 4oz mason jar
- parchment paper and twine for wrapping optional
Nutrition
More Compound Butter Recipes
If you like making your own butter spreads, try one of these delicious savory compound butter recipes:
- cowboy butter sauce - amazing with steak bites, seafood, and more
- garlic chive butter - makes the best baked potato ever
- steak butter - awesome on grilled sirloin
- garlic basil butter - fabulous spread for garlic bread
- cowboy butter - delicious finishing butter for grilled meats and roasted veggies
CJ Huang says
This compound butter looks like a great way to have cranberries, especially this time of year! 🙂
Ilene Scott says
Can you freeze Cranberry Butter to keep longer?
I wish to make some for Xmas gifts.
Such an easy resipe!!
Angela Paris says
Hi Ilene - you can absolutely freeze cranberry butter! Whether you are making logs or putting it into jars, I recommend putting it into a freezer bag to help keep it fresh. If you put it into jars, be sure to leave a little headspace as the butter mixture will expand when it freezes. In optimal conditions, it will keep up to 3 months. ENJOY!