Orange Cranberry Butter 🍊🧈
This Easy Cranberry Butter Recipe is a fantastic way to add a festive and delicious spread to your holiday table!
Combining the bright, tart flavor of cranberry sauce with fresh orange zest, cinnamon, and brown sugar, this compound butter is both beautiful and incredibly flavorful.
It tastes absolutely amazing spread on warm biscuits, toast, bagels, scones, or anything else you might serve during the holiday season.
The preparation is simple, taking only 10 minutes of hands-on time before it needs to chill.
Start with your favorite cranberry sauce (canned or homemade) and get ready to create a colorful and tasty centerpiece for your breakfast or brunch!
Serving and Presentation Ideas 🍽️
This cranberry butter can be presented in two distinct ways, allowing you to choose the best look for your table or for gifting.
Presentation Options
- Individual Jars: Spoon the cranberry butter into small 4-ounce mason jars for a beautiful, portioned look on the table. This is also a great method for packaging the butter as a homemade food gift.
- Butter Log: If you prefer the look of a traditional stick of butter, spoon the mixture onto parchment paper and roll it into a log shape. Once firm, you can slice the log into individual rounds.
Flavor Tips and Key Ingredients 🔑
The high quality of a few ingredients makes a big difference in the final taste of this flavored butter.
Ingredient Checklist
- Orange Zest: It is recommended to use fresh orange zest for this recipe. The bright, concentrated flavor of fresh zest is necessary to complement the cranberries and provides a better result than dried zest from a jar.
- Cranberry Source: You can use your favorite homemade cranberry sauce or canned cranberry sauce. Either works well, contributing to the butter’s beautiful color and fruity flavor.
- Temperature: Be sure to only soften the butter slightly in the microwave (30 seconds) before adding the other ingredients. This makes it easy to stir, but still firm enough to mix well before chilling.
Easy Cranberry Butter Recipe
Serves: 8-10
Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: 3-4 hours in the fridge
🥣 Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter (softened) 🧈
- 1 Orange
- 1/4 cup Cranberry Sauce
- 1 T Ground Cinnamon
- 1 T Light Brown Sugar
🥄 Supplies
- Citrus Zester
- Microwave Safe Bowl
- Mason Jars or Parchment Paper (for shaping)
- Mixing Spoon
📝 Instructions
- Prep Orange: Zest the orange, ensuring you only get the brightly colored rind and none of the white pith.
- Soften Butter: Place the butter in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds to soften it, but not completely melt it.
- Combine: Add the fresh orange zest, cinnamon, cranberry sauce, and brown sugar to the softened butter and stir well until all ingredients are thoroughly combined and the color is uniform.
- Shape: Either spoon the cranberry butter into small mason jars or spoon it onto parchment paper and roll it into a log shape.
- Chill: Refrigerate the butter for 3 to 4 hours until it is completely firm. Serve chilled!
Ready to Make This Festive Spread? ⬇️
This Cranberry Butter is such a simple way to bring holiday cheer to your meals.
It makes a beautiful, vibrant presentation on any table!
Will you serve yours in a jar or a log?
What baked good will you spread it on first?
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Are you ready to have some delicious fun in the kitchen?
