Flavored Butter Recipes (Compound Butter)

Flavored butter recipes are so easy to make, rich and delicious, and are compound butters that are perfect to top your favorite bread, or steak recipe with! Go the extra step and make your flavored butter recipe using this homemade butter recipe, that’s easy to make!

Learn below, how to make garlic & herb butter, lemon & dill butter, cinnamon & honey, honey and orange, and sun-dried tomato butter!

How to Use Flavored Butter

There are so many different ways you can use flavored butter, whether its as a topping for your favorite protein, on a baked potato, a homemade bagel (even add it to a bagel bar for breakfast), homemade biscuits, or even to add to a vegetable like can of green beans! Whip up your favorite flavor of butter below, and store it to use over and over again!

Ingredients Needed

I’ve broken up the ingredients for each type of butter below, notes about a few of the ingredients. The recipe card below will also list out the ingredient amounts for each flavor. Note: You do not have to make every kind of butter in this recipe. Simply pick the the flavor you’d like, and the ingredients are broken out below.

Homemade Butter Recipe

You can use storebought butter to make compound butter but if you have time, it would be wonderful to make this homemade butter recipe that makes about 1 pound of butter that you can work with to make different flavors. Or, you can use some of it to make flavored butters or leave it plain to enjoy as well.

Garlic and Herb Butter

• ¼ cup butter (1 stick)
• ½ tablespoon minced garlic 
• ¼ teaspoon rosemary, minced
• ¼ teaspoon thyme, minced
• ¼ teaspoon oregano, minced 

Cinnamon and Honey Butter

• ¼ cup butter (1 stick)
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon honey

Lemon Dill Butter

• ¼ cup butter (1 stick)
• ½ tablespoon lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• ½ tablespoon finely chopped dill

Sundried Tomato Basil Butter

• ¼ cup butter (1 stick)
• 1 tablespoon minced sundried tomato
• ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ½ tablespoon finely chopped basil

Orange Honey Butter

• ¼ cup butter (1 stick)
• ½ tablesppon orange zest
• ½ teaspoon orange juice
• ½ tablespoon honey

*Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full ingredients list & instructions!*

How to Make Compound Butter

All of the butter varieties are made the same way! See below the steps on how to make each butter, and even store them for later if desired.

STEP 1. Mix. In a small bowl, mix all ingredients until smooth and creamy. I used a small spoon to quickly incorporate the ingredients into the butter but a hand or stand mixer is a great choice as well, especially if you are doubling or tripling the recipes.  

STEP 2. Let the butter rest. Once your butter flavors are mixed and smooth, you’ll want to let them sit at room temperature for about 15 minutes to allow the flavors to combine and saturate the butter. 

STEP 3. Chill. You can enjoy your flavored butter right away, served fresh and soft, or you can chill them in your refrigerator to enjoy a firmer butter at a later time. See how to below:

How to Store Flavored Butter:

To save the butter for later: Press the individual butters into an airtight container or roll them in plastic wrap or parchment paper. Just spoon the butter onto the wrap and roll it up with twisted ends for freshness. Place them in your refrigerator for at least 15 minutes for firm texture.

Can I use dried herbs instead of fresh? Fresh is best, but you can absolutely use dried and jarred ingredients. I will say though, that the dried herbs do not have the smooth-flowing texture that fresh ingredients give you. They cause a bit of a grainy texture. 

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