Five-Minute Christmas Food Gift
the dough for my rolls percolating in the trusty bread machine -- it's a great homemaking day here at the castle.
It seemed like the perfect day to power up my brand new super-duper whizmo blender that Kahuna got me for my birthday.I think he may have gotten a tad tired of the BANG BANG THWAP of me pulverizing coffee ice cubes with a meat tenderizer for my mocha frappuccinos.
Which leads me to: strawberry butter. Yes indeedy, a five-minute food gift idea that is truly stellar. So what if you didn't make any homemade jams and jellies this summer? All you need for this is frozen strawberries, butter, and powdered sugar. Get a cute little ramekin and add a wooden spreader, and you've got a wonderful, quick Christmas or hostess gift.
STRAWBERRY BUTTER
10-oz. package frozen strawberries
1 c. butter, softened
1 c. powdered sugar
Let strawberries thaw and take butter out of fridge to soften. Put all ingredients in blender and blend away until mixture is smooth. Pack in cute little containers. Makes 2 1/2 c.
Note: I cut this recipe in half and it blended perfectly. I also cut the butter into about 10 or 15 pieces before plopping it in the blender. Recipe came from Better Homes and Gardens Gifts from Your Kitchen.
Have you ever made any special flavored butters? I would love to hear about it.
Labels: breads
posted by Lynn at
4:21 PM
16 Comments:
Not gonna lie, I would be super happy if someone made me strawberry butter! I would love it smeared over some bagels!
Candles, music, food - sounds like a party to me!! The strawberry butter sounds so delish, and easy! Gonna have to try this . . . soon!
Wow, you've gone and made me feel all domestic (scented candle, bread baking & awesome music & all). Now I want to stay home and not work tomorrow! ;) Thanks so much for the strawberry butter recipe. It does indeed sound perfect. I have made Pear Butter before, using my Grandma Winfree's recipe. Also Herb Butter, which is just a 50/50 blend of butter & cream cheese, plus the fresh chopped herbs of your choosing. Yummy! -Tammy
sounds like a lovely day! that strawberry butter looks fabulous!
I love festive days like that! Great gift idea, I can imagine how amazing the butter would be on some fresh bread...mmm!
I need a better blender - but when I get one it seems even a Bumble could whip this up! But what is a ramekin? A container? Google will enlighten me...
Do you have a good roll recipe you use? My MIL asked me to bring the bread and I'm not in love with my roll recipe. I'll be auditioning new ones for the next five days.
Thanks for coming by and visiting, everyone. Tammy, your herb butter sounds fantastic. I'll have to give that a try. The Bumbles, hope you got your ramekin question answered ;)
Carpool Queen, this is our go-to roll recipe
http://queenofthecastlerecipes.blogspot.com/2008/10/garlic-cheese-rolls.html
but the one I tried yesterday was also amazing. Here it is:
http://bitoflifeblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/whats-cookin-yeast-rolls.html
You will have to report about your roll adventures on your blog and let the rest of us know which one you end up using. This one is a real keeper :)
My husband wants that candle so bad. I`ll have to get it for him for Christmas. That strawberry butter looks amazing I definitely need to give it a try. I just found your blog and love it. You have a new follower.
xo
Mmmm, that sounds tasty!
mint chocolate candles, yum!
Thanks for visiting a pretty place to play and for your tips on thanksgiving! i am already doing pre-emptive dieting in preparation for the 7,000 calories!
x.
That is wonderful idea! My summer jam sessions were a little lacking this year, and I think I have strawberries in the freezer! Also, I'm horribly jealous of your blender.
I'm so glad you enjoyed the rolls, they really are delicious. Yes, please - link away! :)
For the strawberry butter, do you use sweetened strawberries?
No, you don't use sweetened strawberries for this, as the recipe has the powdered sugar in it. Just use the plain whole strawberries that you can find in the freezer section of the grocery store. Hope your butter turns out scrumptious! I just made some Kahlua butter the other day to put on some chocolate bread and that was delicious, too. Let me know if you want that recipe :)
I made this for our guests to take with them X-Mas Eve so they could use for their X-Mas breakfasts. Thumbs up on the taste. Although the blended result looked less smooth than granular. Not sure if I blended too much, too little or maybe hadn't let things thaw enough, etc. It looked funny but tasted yummy!
The Bumbles, mine looked a bit granular, too, but I chalk it up to the fact that I'm not patient enough to let the butter soften or the strawberries thoroughly thaw. Glad you liked the taste. Just tell people, "Yeah, it's supposed to look like that. Strawberry butter does that." ;)
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