Whipped Cranberry Orange Butter

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This easy whipped cranberry orange butter can be served alongside your favorite sourdough bread, pancakes or muffins. It can also be made into compound butter or given as a festive gift in a jar.

It's the perfect butter to make and stash in the freezer ahead of the festive season.

A small jar filled with whipped cranberry orange butter sitting in front of a loaf of sourdough bread.

Why You'll Love This Recipe!

Whipped or Compound - With all the colors and flavors of the festive season, this flavored butter can be whipped and served as is or rolled in paper and stored as compound butter.



Ingredients

  • Butter - I've used salted butter, but you can use unsalted if you prefer. I love using my own homemade butter to create this flavored butter.
  • Dried Cranberries - I've used finely chopped dried cranberries. I don't recommend using fresh or frozen cranberries for this recipe (save those for this delicious cranberry orange jam).
  • Orange Zest - I've used the zest of 2 large oranges. My kids love it when we make this butter as they get to drink the juice of the leftover oranges.
  • Honey - I love using raw honey in this recipe (and if you look at the ingredient photo you can see there is still some wax in my honey). But use whatever you have on hand. If you don't have honey, maple syrup works well too.
  • Salt - just a pinch to cut through the sweetness. If you are using salted butter, you can leave this out if you prefer.

How to Make Whipped Cranberry Orange Butter

There is literally nothing to making this whipped cranberry orange butter. I recommend using a stand mixer with the whisk attachment. This will give you light colored, super light and fluffy whipped butter.

If you have a food processor, this can also be used and the bonus here is that then you don't have to chop the cranberries before adding them.

Add softened butter, chopped dried cranberries, orange zest, honey and salt to your stand mixer and whip until light and fluffy and all ingredients combined.

Use a spatula to remove the whipped butter from the bowl and transfer to a jar or airtight container.

Serving Suggestions

There are so many ways you can use this whipped cranberry orange butter! It literally tastes like Christmas! Here are some of the ways I love using it over the festive season:

A slice of sourdough bread spread with whipped cranberry orange butter. You can see the jar of cranberry orange butter sitting next to the slice of bread.

Shelf Life + Storage

This whipped orange and cranberry butter will keep in the fridge for around one month. I usually let it sit on the counter overnight if we are going to use it the next day.

It can be frozen for up to 3 months. I freeze in small portions so we only need to thaw what we need and none goes to waste.

A jar of whipped cranberry orange butter sitting in front of a loaf of sourdough bread.

Whipped Cranberry Orange Butter

An easy whipped butter recipe made using dried cranberries, orange zest and honey. This fragrant and festive butter is perfect for spreading on sourdough bread, pancakes or anywhere you need some festive flavor!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 8 serves
Calories 259 kcal

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Stand Mixer or Food Processor (see notes)

Ingredients  

  • 250 g Butter (softened at room temp, I've used salted)
  • 60 g Dried Cranberries (finely chopped, see notes)
  • 2 teaspoon Orange Zest (zest of 2 oranges)
  • 30 g Honey (can use maple syrup if you prefer)
  • 3 g Salt (just a pinch)

Instructions 

  • Add softened butter, chopped dried cranberries, orange zest, honey and salt to your stand mixer and whip until light and fluffy and all ingredients combined. I've used speed 4 for around 2 minutes.
    If you are using a food processor, you don't need to chop the cranberries as the food processor will do this for you.

Notes

Notes on Equipment - You can use electric beaters or a stand mixer for this recipe. It's not suitable to mix by hand. A food processor is also a good option as it will chop the dried cranberries finely while also whipping the butter.
 

Nutrition

Serving: 40g Calories: 259kcal Carbohydrates: 9g Protein: 0.3g Fat: 25g Saturated Fat: 16g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 7g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 67mg Sodium: 347mg Potassium: 14mg Fiber: 0.5g Sugar: 9g Vitamin A: 783IU Vitamin C: 1mg Calcium: 9mg Iron: 0.1mg
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