Flavored Butter recipes are a delicious and easy way to elevate any meal! Whether you're looking for a sweet butter for brunch or a savory herb butter for Sunday supper, we've got all the compound butter recipes you'll ever need!
Flavored butter is a game-changer in the kitchen, adding a burst of delicious flavor to any dish. It’s a simple way to elevate your cooking without fancy ingredients, tools, or years of culinary school.
Plus, it’s super easy to make and keeps well in the fridge or freezer for whenever you need it.
Tips for Making Flavored Butters
I typically use unsalted butter, unless the recipe specifically calls for salted butter. This allows me to control the saltiness.
For salted butter, I like (I like Cabor Extra Creamy Sea Salted Butter for this).
The type of butter is really important. Start with high-quality butter for the best results. In no particular order, I like Kerrygold Pure Irish Unsalted Butter, Land O' Lakes European Style Super Premium Unsalted Butter, and Vermont Creamery Rich and Creamy Cultured Unsalted Butter.
Always use fresh ingredients like herbs, spices, and citrus zest to enhance the flavors.
How to Make Flavored Butter
- Start with room temperature butter and mix well with spices and herbs. Sweet butters usually include a sweetener like honey, maple syrup, or brown sugar, and sometimes fruit. Often savory butters include other ingredients like lemon, shallots, cheese, or sun-dried tomatoes.
- Once combined, place the butter mixture onto a piece of parchment paper or wax paper. Roll the butter up into a log and twist the ends like a piece of candy. Alternatively, you can use a rubber spatula to transfer the mixture to a small bowl.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
35 Flavored Butter Recipes
This collection of savory and sweet butter recipes has something for everyone - and every meal from breakfast and brunch to cookouts, date night, and more.
Be sure to pin this for later so you can refer back again and again.
1. Cowboy Butter
Our signature Cowboy Butter recipe has been a staple on Juggling Act Mama for years - and copied by many others because it's so good!
It's stood the test of time because it's so incredibly flavorful, plus it's really easy to make with simple ingredients.
More recently, we developed this recipe for Cowboy Butter Dipping Sauce, which is especially incredible with seafood. You'll also want to try our Caesar butter, which combines all the delicious flavors of Caesar dressing with creamy butter that can be used as a sauce or dip for veggies, proteins, rice, pasta, and more.
2. Steakhouse Butter
If you've ever been to a fancy steakhouse, then you're probably familiar with Steakhouse Butter.
With this recipe, you can make your own restaurant-quality compound butter with garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt, black pepper, and parsley at home in no time.
3. Cranberry Butter
I adore the taste of this Cranberry Butter, especially for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Place sliced butter on your holiday table to go with dinner rolls - so good! You can even put the softened butter into a piping back and make fancy butter rosettes to impress your guests!
4. Jalapeño Butter
This Jalapeño Butter has just two ingredients, although you could also add drizzle of honey to balance out the heat!
It's incredible on cornbread and I love it as a condiment for any taco bar.
Try it with polenta or a tomato sandwich to add loads of flavor!
5. Maple Bacon Butter
For brunch, you can't beat this Maple Bacon Butter! The salty-sweet combination is fabulous on pancakes and French toast. It's also really yummy on roasted veggies and cornbread, too.
6. Tomato Butter
Tomato Butter with fresh basil and garlic adds a ton of flavor to pasta and chicken. Add it to a pasta bar or any type of charcuterie board - it is amazing on toasted crostini as an appetizer, too!
I also love this brushed over top garlic cheese bombs hot from the oven!
7. Raspberry Honey Butter
Spread some Raspberry Honey Butter on toast, bagels, and biscuits for a delicious breakfast or snack.
This easy recipe uses jam, so you can easily substitute other flavors like peach, apricot, or even orange marmalade.
8. Rosemary Garlic Butter
Turn ordinary rice into something special with this Rosemary Garlic Butter. (It's also incredible with our parmesan risotto.) This super simple recipes only requires 5 ingredients, including fresh rosemary. I also really like this combination on top of our focaccia bread.
9. Cilantro Lime Butter
Cilantro Lime Butter is an herb butter that's incredible with corn on the cob, rice, and melted over a good steak. If you like a little spice, add some red pepper flakes, chili powder, or minced jalapeno.
10. Orange and Herb Compound Butter
Orange and Herb Compound Butter is amazing with all sorts of poultry. I think the combination of woodsy sage and rosemary with floral white pepper, and orange zest is the perfect compliment to any holiday turkey.
It's pretty delicious on roasted chicken, too.
11. Garlic Basil Butter
Garlic Basil Butter is a savory blend of aromatic garlic and fresh basil mixed into creamy butter. It's perfect for spreading on warm bread, tossing with pasta, or melting over grilled vegetables. This flavorful butter brings a touch of Mediterranean flair to any dish.
12. Shallot Horseradish Chive Butter
Shallot Horseradish Butter is a flavorful condiment that adds a zesty kick to any dish. Perfect for spreading on grilled steaks or mixing into mashed potatoes, it brings a gourmet touch to any meal.
13. Red Wine and Shallot Butter
Red Wine and Shallot Butter is one of the fancier flavored butter recipes in this collection. Don't worry, it's still cinch to make! You'll need red wine, fresh parsley, a shallot, and black pepper to mix into the butter.
It's incredible with red meat - try it on your favorite steak or our petite sirloin roast.
14. Shallot Compound Butter
Shallot Compound Butter with garlic is a rich and aromatic addition to any dish. It's perfect for melting over a broiled steak or stirring into warm pasta. Easy to prepare and store, it’s a must-have for elevating your everyday cooking.
15. Pesto Butter
Pesto Butter combines the fresh, herby flavors of basil pesto with creamy butter for a delightful spread. It's perfect for enhancing grilled chicken, pasta, or grilled cheese with a burst of Italian goodness.
Try it with salmon fillets, brush around over your pizza crust, or serve it with grilled vegetables.
16. Sour Cream Compound Butter
Sour Cream Compound Butter is a creamy and tangy flavored butter that enhances everything from baked potatoes or mashed potatoes to roasted vegetables and more.
17. Blueberry Butter
Blueberry Butter is the perfect topping for any kind of pancakes or waffles and you don't have to go to a fancy B&B to get it.
This is an easy recipe any home cook can make.
Try it on English muffins, biscuits, bagels, or just plain toast.
18. Gorgonzola Butter
Blue Cheese Steak Butter is a delicious and flavorful topping for your steaks or steak bites. It adds a rich and creamy element to every bite. This also makes the most incredible garlic bread you've ever tasted!
19. Mâitre d’Hôtel Butter
Mâitre d’Hôtel Butter, also called French compound butter, is a flavorful blend of butter, parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. It's typically served atop grilled meats or fish, melting into a luscious sauce that enhances the dish. This simple yet elegant condiment brings a touch of French cuisine to any meal.
20. Steak Butter with Blue Cheese
Steak Butter with Blue Cheese tastes amazing on beef! Salted or unsalted butter paired with blue cheese crumbles and fresh herbs is the ultimate in fine dining! Parsley, rosemary leaves, thyme, sage, and oregano all add incredible flavor to this butter with blue cheese.
21. Benihana Garlic Butter
Love the steak and shrimp with garlic butter at Benihana?
Try making your own Benihana Garlic Butter at home with a blend of butter, garlic, and soy sauce.
It's a total flavor bomb for veggies, too! Try it on roasted broccoli.
22. Basil and Sage Herb Butter
Basil and Sage Herb Butter is delicious melted into hot buttered noodles, mashed sweet potatoes, and polenta.
This would make a lovely housewarming or hostess gift with a loaf of crusty bread!
23. Gorgonzola Butter
The salty sharp flavor of Gorgonzola Butter is perfect for steak and steak tips, of course. It's great with venison and bison, too.
Gorgonzola is a creamy blue cheese that's perfect for making into a butter spread.
You could also make an impressive appetizer. Omit the garlic and red pepper flakes in the recipe, then make toast points with the gorgonzola butter, top with thinly sliced pears or apples, and a drizzle of honey.
24. Texas Roadhouse Butter
Texas Roadhouse Butter is one of my favorite butters to make - my kids love it.
(Fun fact, when my daughter was very little, she called Texas Roadhouse 'the hamburger store' because she always got the sliders on the famous Texas Roadhouse Rolls). {Giggle!}
25. Dill Butter
Dill Butter is the perfect finishing butter for fish and other seafood, but it's also great on grilled or roasted carrots, asparagus, and zucchini. Try it on toast points with smoked salmon
26. Strawberry Butter
Strawberry Butter with a little honey for sweetness is so good on muffins and French toast.
Not a fan of honey, substitute powdered sugar or your favorite sweetener instead.
27. Anchovy Butter
Anchovy Butter with lemon, garlic, parsley, and scallion is a rich and savory spread. Whether spread on toast or melted over vegetables, this butter is packed with bold umami flavor!
28. Garlic Chive Butter
Garlic Chive Butter is one of my all-time favorite things to add to baked potatoes, but it's delicious with so many dishes.
Finish off broiled fish or grilled chicken, use it to baste your holiday turkey, or slather it on French bread to make the best garlic bread!
29. Roasted Red Pepper Butter
Roasted Red Pepper Butter is a vibrant and smoky spread that adds a burst of flavor to sandwiches, grilled meats, and vegetables. You'll love it on a toasted baguette, too. The sweet, charred taste of roasted red peppers blends perfectly with creamy butter for a rich and savory experience.
30. Pecan Honey Butter
Pecan Honey Butter has just 3 easy ingredients, but I bet a dash of cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice would be delicious, too.
It's perfect for spreading on warm sweet potato rolls, biscuits, cornbread, and pancakes.
31. Garlic Scape Butter
Garlic Scape Butter is another great way to add lots of bold flavor. Garlic Scrapes are the edible stems of garlic plants. They taste like a blend of scallions, garlic, and onions.
You'll find garlic scrapes at your local farmer's market in the spring and early summer for making flavored butter for potatoes, pork chops, and fish.
32. Lingonberry Butter
Sweet Lingonberry Butter made with lingonberry jam, is a delightful blend of creamy butter and tart lingonberries, perfect for spreading on toast or pancakes.
Its bright, fruity flavor adds a unique twist to breakfast or brunch.
33. Ranch Butter
Ranch Butter combines the creamy goodness of butter with the tangy, herby flavors of classic ranch dressing. It's perfect for spreading on warm bread or melting over roasted vegetables Try it on air-popped popcorn for movie night!
34. Hot Honey Butter
Hot Honey Butter is incredibly flavorful and one of my favorite toppings for chicken and waffles instead of maple syrup.
It's great on cornbread, popcorn, and melted into a dipping sauce for chicken wings or chicken tenders, too.
35. Blue Cheese Butter
Blue Cheese Butter requires only four simple ingredients.
The creamy butter balances the sharpness of the blue cheese, creating a luxurious topping.
This decadent flavored butter is a simple way to add gourmet flair to your meals.
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