Add a special touch to tonight's dinner with these deliciously sweetened and spiced butter recipes. Each recipe comes with a suggested homemade bread recipe so you can really treat your family.
16 Butters Worthy of Your Homemade Bread
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Honey-Thyme Butter
Laced with honey and fresh thyme, this butter is perfect for either sweet or savory dishes. It's amazing on bread and rolls fresh out of the oven but equally as good on a stack of blueberry pancakes. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
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Strawberry Butter
This simple and sweet three-ingredient strawberry butter will upgrade any toast, muffin or scone it's spread on.Â
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Minted Butter
I prefer to serve this mint butter with scones, but it goes well with other breads, too. When I make the butter, it's only with mint fresh from our garden.—Sherry Smeltzer, Osage Beach, Missouri
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Cinnamon-Orange Honey Butter
This is such a delicious butter spread for afternoon tea or with a dessert bread. Just mix it up and get ready for the compliments. —Mary Bates, Cleveland, Ohio
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Oaxaca Twist Butter
This Mexican-inspired compound butter elevates fresh-baked bread, croissants or muffins to new heights. The combination of raspberries with dark chocolate, toasted pecans and just a touch of hot chili makes your tastebuds dance every time. —Nicole Filizetti, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
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Fresh Herb Butter
I love impressing dinner guests with flavored butter. I mix up a big batch and freeze it. Then when company comes, this special spread is ready to go. Cut them in different shapes for a little fun. —Pam Duncan, Summers, Arkansas
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Cranberry Honey Butter
If you are traveling to a friend's or loved one's for the holidays, bring them something even better than a bottle of wine—this easy to whip up treat! —Arisa Cupp, Sherwood, Oregon
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Garlic Lemon Butter
This tangy flavored butter offers a nice change from plain butter and gives a refreshing new taste to an ear of corn. When I serve this on the side during fresh corn season, the same question always gets asked—"What's in the butter that makes it so delicious?" —Margie Wampler, Butler, Pennsylvania
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Honey Almond Butter
To me, nothing tastes better than a warm homemade muffin right from the oven and topped with this yummy flavored butter. It's also wonderful on toast, quick breads and biscuits. —Pat Hockett, Ocala, Florida
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Basil Butter
I make this tasty butter during the growing season and often freeze for later use. When veggies are sauteed in the herb-butter, the basil tastes as fresh as if it just came out of the garden. —Emily Chaney, Penobscot, Maine
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Cranberry Butter
I've been making these muffins and this cranberry butter for years, and I have never met anyone who didn't like them. I'll usually buy several bags of fresh cranberries when they're available and freeze them to use throughout the year. I've also discovered that powdered buttermilk works well. —Jane Yunker, Rochester, New York
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Honey Cinnamon Butter
This recipe is a simple yet special spread for breakfast bread and muffins. —Sue Seymour, Valatie, New York
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Lemon Tarragon Butter
Tarragon is a native herb of central Asia and was brought to Spain by the Moors. It has been an important ingredient to French cooking since the 16th century.—Michelle Clair, Seattle, Washington
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Garlic-Chive Whipped Butter
Looking for a way to dress up ordinary bread or dinner rolls? Set out a bowl of this creamy garlic butter!—Susan Stetzel, Gainesville, New York
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Parsley Butter
Making a flavored butter is very simple and will add a lot of flavor to your food. It will impress your guests and they will be asking for the recipe.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin
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