Whip up a batch of this Homemade Strawberry Butter to use in a variety of applications. With just a handful of ingredients, you can make a unique twist on traditional butter. Pieces of fresh, diced strawberries combined with a few other pantry staples result in a vibrant and delicious butter. It’s so scrumptious on toast, pancakes, scones, waffles, and any other way you would use regular butter!
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Homemade Strawberry Butter 🍓
Gahhh! There’s a restaurant/diner chain here in Tampa that introduced me to strawberry butter. My favorite order from this spot is their fried chicken and waffles and the waffle is topped with a helping of their house-made strawberry butter. I felt inspired to develop a recipe for it and yesssiirrrr, she’s perfect!
This butter is fresh, flavorful, and bursting with real bites of strawberries, mmm. Just like traditional butter, you can smear this vibrant butter on anything– think toast, waffles, pancakes, scones, and so much more!
Ingredients You’ll Need Here:
(Note: the full ingredients list, including measurements, is provided in the recipe card directly below.)
- Butter: My fav 🧈! We’ll need a pound of it, too!
- Powdered sugar: Gives the butter a sweet touch.
- Salt: Helps to balance out the flavors.
- Grenadine: This is a traditional cocktail syrup that’s known for its sweet-tart flavor and deep red hue. It gives the strawberry butter a gorgeous, vivacious color and adds some depth in terms of flavoring.
- Strawberries: Since we’re making strawberry butter, we gotta have nice chunks of fresh strawberries strewn throughout the butter. That texture is everything and adds the loveliest bit of contrast!
How To Make Strawberry Butter:
(Note: please see the recipe card directly below for the complete written instructions.)
This strawberry butter whips up so easily, here’s how:
- In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the room temperature butter until fluffy, about 1-2 minutes. Then add the powdered sugar, salt, and grenadine and continue whipping until well combined. Lastly, add the diced strawberries and use a rubber spatula to fold them in the butter until just combined.
- Once the strawberry butter is well combined, transfer the softened butter mixture into an airtight container and keep stored in the refrigerator.
Ways To Serve & Enjoy:
Peeps, enjoy this homemade strawberry butter as you would traditional butter: smeared on toast, bagels, biscuits, scones, pancakes, waffles, and also in savory applications! Here me when I tell you to make a batch of my buttermilk fried chicken combined with these homemade waffles…the perfect trio 🙌🏾😛!!
Storing Your Butter:
Be sure to transfer your butter into any airtight containers (deli container, mason jar, etc.). This strawberry butter will keep for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator and up to 3 months when stored in the freezer. Serve the butter firm or leave it out on the counter before serving if you’d like it to soften up.
If you love butter, you def gotta make this Strawberry Butter, y’all. It’s crazy-delicious on literally anything. Be sure to tag @butterbeready in your BBR recipe creations, I sure love to see it when you do. Until next time! 🤟🏾
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Description
Whip up a batch of this Homemade Strawberry Butter to use in a variety of applications. With just a handful of ingredients, you can make a unique twist on traditional butter. Pieces of fresh, diced strawberries combined with a few other pantry staples result in a vibrant and delicious butter. It’s so scrumptious on toast, pancakes, scones, waffles, and any other way you would use regular butter!
- 1 lb (4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons grenadine
- 1 ½ cups fresh diced strawberries
- In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or in a large bowl using a handheld electric mixer with the whisk attachment), whip the room temperature butter until fluffy, about 1-2 minutes. Then add the powdered sugar, salt, and grenadine and continue whipping until well combined, about 2 minutes. Lastly, add the diced strawberries and use a rubber spatula to fold them in the butter until just combined. Careful not to over-mix, we want the diced strawberries to remain as chunks within the butter and not disintegrate.
- Once the strawberry butter is well combined, transfer the softened butter mixture into an airtight container (deli container, mason jar, etc.) and keep stored in the refrigerator. Serve either softened/firm.
- Enjoy this homemade strawberry butter as you would traditional butter: smeared on toast, bagels, biscuits, scones, pancakes, waffles, and also in savory applications!
Notes
- Storage: This strawberry butter will keep for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator and up to 3 months when stored in the freezer.
- Please read blog post in its entirety for more tips + tricks.
Recipe by: Quin Liburd- Butter Be Ready
Photography by: Ashley McLaughlin