Description
Maple Cranberry Butter elevates holiday spreads with its rich Canadian-inspired blend of sweet maple and tart cranberries. Creamy, tangy, and perfectly balanced, this compound butter brings festive cheer to breads, rolls, and morning toast. Spread generously and enjoy classic seasonal flavors.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup (120 ml) unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup (150 g) fresh or frozen cranberries
- ¼ cup (60 ml) pure maple syrup
- ¼ cup (60 ml) orange juice (freshly squeezed)
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon (optional)
- 1 pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preparation: Finely dice cranberries to guarantee balanced flavor distribution throughout the butter.
- Whipping: Utilize an electric mixer to transform butter into a light, voluminous texture, creating an ideal foundation for flavor integration.
- Flavor Fusion: Methodically blend maple syrup, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and vanilla extract into the whipped butter, ensuring a harmonious and balanced sweet composition.
- Fruit Incorporation: Gently fold chopped cranberries into the whipped mixture, maintaining the butter’s delicate airiness while achieving uniform fruit dispersion.
- Chilling and Resting: Transfer the aromatic spread into a sealed container and refrigerate for a minimum of 30 minutes, allowing flavors to meld and intensify.
- Serving: Remove butter from refrigerator approximately 10-15 minutes before serving, allowing it to soften slightly, then present alongside warm baked goods like freshly toasted bread, tender muffins, or flaky scones.
Notes
- Dice Precisely: Finely chop cranberries to smaller than pea-sized pieces for even flavor distribution and smoother texture throughout the butter.
- Whip Carefully: Use room temperature butter and beat on medium-high speed to achieve maximum airiness without overworking the mixture, which can make it grainy.
- Balance Sweetness: Adjust maple syrup and brown sugar quantities based on cranberry tartness to create a perfectly balanced sweet-tangy spread.
- Serve Strategically: Allow butter to sit at room temperature for 10-15 minutes before serving to enhance spreadability and release full flavor profile.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 10 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg