14 Compound Butters That Instantly Upgrade Any Meal

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Compound butters are one of the easiest ways to add bold flavor to a dish without much extra work. By mixing butter with herbs, spices, or sweet ingredients, you create a finishing touch that instantly elevates meats, breads, and vegetables. They’re versatile, customizable, and can be made ahead so you always have something special ready to serve.

Garlic Scape Butter With Herbs

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This Garlic Scape Herb Compound Butter is so very tasty and couldn’t be easier! It enhances the flavor of fish and seafood, vegetables, potatoes, pasta, just about anything you can imagine! It’s loaded with parsley, basil, and garlic scapes.
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Roasted Garlic Butter

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This roasted garlic butter has a sweet, slightly smoky flavor from the roasted garlic. It’s delicious on bread, steaks and more. Once the garlic is roasted it takes just a minutes to put it together and it makes the most incredible garlic bread.
Get the Recipe: Roasted Garlic Butter.

Chive Butter

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This Chive Butter is not only incredibly easy to make but also deliciously versatile. In less than 5 minutes, you can whip up a batch that complements a variety of dishes. Its rich, herbaceous flavor pairs beautifully with fish, meat, and vegetables, enhancing the taste of each bite. Whether you’re looking to add a buttery zest to grilled steak or a fragrant touch to roasted veggies, this chive butter is your go-to condiment for adding a quick and tasty flair to almost any meal.
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Cranberry Compound Butter

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Cranberry butter is a perfect spread that blends the rich creaminess of butter with the tart sweetness of cranberries. This versatile condiment adds a pop of color and a burst of flavor to any dish. It’s perfect for spreading on warm bread, drizzling over pancakes, or even adding a flavorful twist to your cooking. Cranberry butter brings a lovely contrast of flavors that can enhance both sweet and savory dishes, making it a must-try for any meal.
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Flavored Butter Recipes (Compound Butter)

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Flavored butter recipes are so easy to make, rich and delicious, and are compound butters that are perfect to top your favorite bread, or steak recipe with! Go the extra step and make your flavored butter recipe using this homemade butter recipe, that’s easy to make!
Get the Recipe: Flavored Butter Recipes (Compound Butter).

Garlic Herb Butter

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Garlic herb butter is an essential spread for tea sandwiches! You can also use this on steak, vegetables, bread, or anything else you can think of!
Get the Recipe: Garlic Herb Butter.

Orange Butter With Herbs

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Use orange zest and fresh garden herbs to make orange butter! This citrus herb compound butter is easy to make and can be frozen for later.
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Chimichurri Butter

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Chimichurri butter is the perfect condiment for steaks, grilled vegetables and crispy potatoes! This simple compound butter recipe melds the zippy and herbaceous flavors of chimichurri with the richness of butter! So good!
Get the Recipe: Chimichurri Butter.

Tarragon Butter

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You always want to have some of this tarragon compound butter in the freezer.  A pat or two on fish or chicken and it goes from ho-hum to wow!  Rub some under the skin of chicken before grilling or roasting and it is so juicy and flavorful!  
Get the Recipe: Tarragon Butter.

How to Make Herb Butter: 8 Recipes and Suggested Uses

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Herb Butter, or Compound Butter, is easy and fun to make. These 8 recipes with suggested uses will punch up the flavor of any recipe they are added to. 
Get the Recipe: How to Make Herb Butter: 8 Recipes and Suggested Uses.

Cowboy Butter Recipe For Steak Or Dipping

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This Cowboy Butter recipe makes a rich, buttery sauce packed with garlic, herbs, and spices, perfect for dipping or drizzling over steak, veggies, and more. Elevate your meals with this bold and delicious sauce!
Get the Recipe: Cowboy Butter Recipe For Steak Or Dipping.

Mushroom Butter With Garlic + Herbs

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This mushroom butter is a delicious and easy compound butter made with sautéed mushrooms, garlic, and fresh herbs. Make it now and freeze it for later!
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Compound Butter Recipes

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Compound butter is simply softened butter, whipped, with sweet or savory ingredients added in. Compound butter, also called flavored butter, is so easy and there are endless combinations! Below we share some of our favorite combos.
Get the Recipe: Compound Butter Recipes.

Herb & Butter Rub Recipe for Turkey

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This herb & butter rub recipe is perfect for turkey – it helps to create the most tender turkey breast and crispy skin! Be sure to add this butter and herb mixture to your holiday menu planning.
Get the Recipe: Herb & Butter Rub Recipe for Turkey.

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