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Buttering with Cranberries ~ Homemade Gift Idea

You'd think there would be a scientific term, for a syndrome defining chronic recipe collectors.  Specifically for those who collect new recipes to try, while attempting to try all the stashed recipes they already have.  It's an obsession I tell ya.

Sigh....

New recipes find me whether I want them or not lately. 


Cranberry butter was a new, delicious butter for me to make.

You can simply use it, freeze it or gift it.



I'm sharing the recipe
, but I cut it in half for Thanksgiving.  And of course I used organic ingredients.  Once I get dairy goats back in my pasture, I'll be making my own butter again.

Cranberry Butter
4 sticks butter, softened
1 cup fresh cranberries
1/3 cup honey
zest of one orange

Mix together in a food processor.
Makes about 6 half-pints.


I'll admit, it turns out to be a very pretty butter to use.  The recipe did not state how long this will last, but I'm assuming about two weeks fresh (refrigerated), and maybe a month frozen.
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Kim said…
I love cranberries, thanks for sharing this one. I make a frittata on christmas eve for a neighbor family and put together a basket with croissants and jams or jellies I have made. They can bake it on christmas morning while gifts are being opened and enjoy a hot breakfast. This will be making its way into the basket this year.
November 28, 2015 at 8:51 AM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Kim, you are a wonderful neighbor! What a nice thing to do, and adding the cranberry butter would be a great idea.
November 28, 2015 at 9:17 AM
EMMA said…
umm that sounds interesting, does it taste as good as it looks?
November 29, 2015 at 12:54 PM
RB said…
What does the Cranberry Butter taste like - sweet, sour or bitter?
As for a scientific term for your chronic recipe collecting syndrome, how about a Recipeophile? LOL
( I got it from the term Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books, and a bibliophile is an individual who loves books.)
Hey, there are worse "habits" for a person to have. At least yours feeds your family well.
God bless.
RB
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November 29, 2015 at 8:54 PM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
RB and Emma, the butter is not bitter. It tastes pretty good on toasted bread.
November 30, 2015 at 6:44 AM
Lisa said…
Thanks! Great idea for that large bag of leftover cranberries that I have in the fridge.
November 30, 2015 at 8:45 PM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Lisa, the girls finished ours up on breakfast toast. Pretty good too.
December 1, 2015 at 6:43 AM
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