Brown Sugar Butter
Creamy Brown Sugar Butter is a simple and fast recipe you can use to enhance everything from bagels and dinner rolls to oatmeal or even sweet potatoes!
Compound butters are just a fancy way of saying butter with flavors added into them. They’re so simple to make, but add a nice touch and great flavor. I really like making them for company and holiday meals.
When it comes to easy recipes, it doesn’t get much more basic than this! Unsalted butter and light or dark brown sugar, and that’s it! Who knew such a simple recipe could be so good!?!
Brown Sugar Butter is an easy way to add lots of flavor. It is delicious on buttermilk pancakes, French toast, and waffles, of course, but also biscuits and cornbread. Try this on top of a baked or mashed sweet potatoes for an amazingly delicious quick side dish.
🧂 Ingredients
- butter
- light brown sugar OR dark brown sugar
- cinnamon (optional)
This is meant to be a brief overview of how to make brown sugar butter. For step-by-step instructions and a full printable recipe card with ingredients, please scroll down to the teal box below.
Related: Learn how to make Butter Rosettes
⏲️ Storage
Store in an airtight container in the fridge. It will last for about 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
You can also roll it like a log, wrap it in parchment paper and place it into a freezer bag. It will last about 3 months in the freezer.
🍴 Serving Suggestions
This brown sugar butter is incredible to add to so many dishes. Of course, it’s amazing at breakfast time on Pumpkin French Toast Casserole, Pineapple Banana Bread, or Sweet Potato Quick Bread. However, it’s totally delicious on lots of side dishes like Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Buttery Dinner Rolls, and Baby Carrots.
Try this brown sugar butter with our Mashed Sweet Potatoes Brown Sugar Recipe, baked acorn squash, sour cream biscuits or sweet potato rolls.
📖 Brown Sugar Cinnamon Butter
This cinnamon sugar butter spread is especially yummy on quick breads like our Apple Streusel Bread or Cranberry Orange Bread. It’s also really good on cinnamon toast! Here’s how to make it:
- Mix in 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon to the butter and brown sugar for brown sugar cinnamon butter!
- (Optional) Beat 1 teaspoon vanilla extract into the butter.
😋 Similar Recipes
Sweet compound butter is simple to make and there’s no limit to the delicious combinations you can make! Here are a couple other sweet butter recipes my family really loves:
You can even use this butter to make your own butter board for entertaining!
If you enjoy making your own condiments, you might like one of these recipes also:
Brown Sugar Butter
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Ingredients
- 16 ounces butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Let the stick of butter come up to room temperature.16 ounces butter
- Whip the butter with a spatula until smooth and creamy.
- Add the brown sugar and combine until smooth.1/2 cup brown sugar
- On a piece of parchment paper, form the butter mixture into a log and roll up the paper, twisting the ends.
- Refrigerate 1 hour.
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