It is so easy to make whipped butter at home. We use whipped butter at home to top our freshly baked artisan bread and our morning toast. The whipped butter recipe only takes a couple of minutes with the hardest part of the recipe being waiting for the butter to come to room temperature. We’ve also included some ideas for unique flavored whipped butters that are my family’s favorites.
One of the benefits of making whipped butter is that you can add different seasonings to create a new flavor profile. Think about it for a few seconds. Wouldn’t roast garlic whipped butter be incredible on grilled Italian crostini? I like to make a Steak butter by incorporating roast garlic, Montreal steak seasoning and steak sauce into the butter as I am whipping it.
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Is Whipped Butter the Same As Butter
Whipped butter is the same thing as butter. Butter has air whipped into it to create a lighter more spreadable butter. Adding cream or milk will be a fortified whipped butter, with an even lighter texture.
How Much Butter Is In A Stick Of Butter
1 stick of standard American grocery store butter equals 8 tablespoons of butter or ½ cup of butter or 113 grams of butter.
This recipe for whipped butter calls for ½ cup of butter, so simply use a whole stick. You can easily double or quadruple the recipe if called for.
How To Bring A Stick Of Butter To Room Temperature
The easiest way to warm up a stick of butter is to put it on the counter for 30 minutes to an hour. To quicken this process, you could cut the butter into tablespoon size pieces. The butter should easily yield to the touch but not show signs of melting.
Butter Hack
Fill a tall glass with extremely hot water and let the glass sit for 1 minute. Pour out the water and then place the glass over a wrapped stick of butter and cover with a tea towel for 10 minutes. This will create a warm cozy environment for the butter without melting the butter stick. After 10 minutes the butter should be soft enough to whip.
Watch How We Make Whipped Butter
How Do You Make Whipped Butter From Scratch
First, place a room temperature stick of butter in a mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer, whip on low speed adding 2 tablespoons of milk or cream. Mix on low speed for two minutes. Increase the speed to high and mix for 2 minutes until the butter is light and fluffy.
Flavored Whipped Butter Recipes
Try these flavored whipped butter recipes the next time you are wanting entertaining and experimenting. Who doesn’t experiment with new recipes on their friends?
Roasted Garlic and Parmesan Whipped Butter: Combine roasted garlic, Parmesan cheese and whipped butter. Then spread on Italian bread before grilling for a quick and easy garlic bread. This flavored butter is great to toss into noodles instead of just plain butter. You kids will love it!
Cranberry Whipped Butter: Combine cranberry sauce with whipped butter and use for orange muffins or quick breads. Fantastic at Thanksgiving dinner for warm Parker house rolls.
Sriracha Whipped Butter: Perhaps this is my favorite flavored whipped butter recipe because after I bake chicken wings, I’ll spread the chicken wings with Sriracha whipped butter for a wild and tasty Buffalo wing heat. Not as messy!
Sun-Dried Tomato Whipped Butter: Something a little more sweet with umami undertones. Soak sun-dried tomatoes and then chop them finely. Add the mince to whipped butter and spread on crostini for a savory snack.
Lemon and Parsley Whipped Butter: Finely chop fresh parsley (Italian or curly parsley), add fresh lemon juice and cracked black pepper to the whipped butter. Serve this flavored whipped butter recipe with fresh fish, veal or chicken.
Cilantro, Lime and Red Pepper Whipped Butter: A quick delicious butter for corn on the cob is whipped butter with the addition of chopped cilantro and Tajin seasoning. Tajin is a specialty Mexican seasoning found in grocery stores and online.
Whipped Butter Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Stick Butter salted or unsalted
- 2 tbsp half-and-half
Instructions
- Bring butter (1 stick) to room temperature.
- Place the butter into a mixing bowl and add half-and-half (2 tbsp).
- Mix with a hand mixer on low speed for 2 minutes.
- Increase the mixer speed to high and mix for another 2 minutes until light and fluffy.
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