Butter Y’all

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I know, I know.  I sound like Paula Dean with a title like that.  Seriously though.

Butter is GOOD.

You know you love it.

I love it even more when it’s Land O’ Lakes butter.  It’s definitely been my butter-o-choice since I was a little girl.  That tends to happen when it’s the only brand your mother ever bought!  I plan to raise my kids on it too, you know, that and other foods of course.

With Thanksgiving right around the corner and Christmas surrounding us everywhere we turn, I got to thinking about one of my most favorite parts of the ever so delicious meals we are all about to consume with family and friends.

Yes, I love turkey and mashed potatoes, and plenty of cookies and desserts, but I’m also a HUGE fan of delicious, homemade dinner rolls.  And what goes on those dinner rolls?

Yep.

BUTTER.

But not just any butter y’all {ooh, there’s my inner Miss Paula again}.  You’ve got to have Land O’Lakes butter for all your holiday buttering needs.

I decided this year to take a chance and fancy up my Land O’ Lakes a bit.  The process was SO simple and the outcome…butter perfection.

This is actually called “compound butter” because it is a mixture of butter and supplementary ingredients.  For my first attempt at compound butter making, I decided on two recipes, one sweet and one more savory.

Honey Parsley Butter will require 1 stick of softened Land O’ Lakes butter, 1 tablespoon of honey, and  1/2 teaspoon of chopped parsley.  Use a spoon or sturdy spatula to mix and fold the ingredients into the butter.  Once you feel that it’s mixed enough, plop {yes, plop} all the butter onto a sheet of parchment paper and roll it into a log.

Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving, giving some time for the flavors to meld.

The second compound butter I made was a Roasted Garlic & Chive Butter.  You’ll need to roast about 4 cloves of garlic first.  I did this by placing the garlic cloves in a glass baking dish for 25 minutes at 375. {It makes your house smell amazing}.  Once the garlic was roasted, I let it cool for a few minutes and then chopped it as finely as I could.  I added the chopped garlic and about 1 teaspoon of freshly chopped chives to the stick of butter.  Form into a log on parchment paper and refrigerate for at least an hour.

Let me tell ya, both of these recipes were GOOOO-OOOD {say that it your best Cousin Eddy voice Christmas Vacation movie buffs}.  I will definitely be making these recipes again, and probably coming up with more concoctions in the near future.

After you head to Walmart to purchase some Land O’ Lakes butter sticks to make my compound butters, make sure to enter to win a $250 gift card from the fine folks at Walmart!  Simply follow Land O’ Lakes on Pinterest and enter your email address in the form below!

GOOD LUCK!