Chai Butter is a delicious sweet compound butter recipe that upgrades everyday baked goods, cocktails, hot drinks and more!
Not just a compound butter for bread this can be used as a chai buttered rum batter, cinnamon roll filling and so much more!
Chai butter
Compound butters are an easy way to add flavor to all sorts of meals. Typically served with steak or seafood as a savory accompaniment compound butter flavors can also be sweet. Like honey butter, blueberry butter, maple butter, orange butter and more.
This sweet chai spiced butter is simply a mix delicious spices, brown sugar and butter. Like a chai hot buttered rum mix!
A sweet mix of sugar, butter and spices hot buttered rum tastes a little like a spicy cookie batter. But these hot buttered rum ingredients are not meant to be eaten alone though and are typically served with dark rum and hot water as a delicious winter cocktail.
Ingredients
- Butter – room temperature salted butter
- Brown sugar – dark brown sugar adds the richest flavor and color but light brown sugar can also be used to make chai butter.
- Vanilla extract
- Spices
- Black tea – optional. Increase the chai flavor with the addition of either a tablespoon of brewed chai tea or a teaspoon of finely ground black tea leaves.
Step by step instructions
- In mixing bowl, combine butter, vanilla extract, sugar, spices and salt.
- Beat until well combined.
- Roll into a log or spoon into a shallow container and store refrigerated for up to a week or frozen for up to three months.
- Bring to room temperature to soften before using.
- Enjoy!
How to use
Use chai compound butter as a homemade chai buttered rum batter mix that makes delicious spicy chai buttered rum cocktails. Stir it into hot teas or hot toddies.
Serve mixed into hot water, apple cider, coffee, tea, warm milk, eggnog or even wine to easily make delicious creamy hot drinks.
A splash or white, dark or spiced rum (like captain morgans) makes the best winter cocktails. Buttered rum mix is also great mixed with infused spirits like vanilla, cinnamon, caramel and butterscotch whiskey or vodka.
Or make a virgin hot buttered rum recipe by mixing hot buttered rum mix with apple cider and serve piping hot. Amazing when topped with ice cream or whipped cream.
You can even use use this chai butter as a base for chai buttercream frosting. Then use the chai frosting as a filling for macarons, frosting for cakes, cupcakes, cookies and more.
Use chai butter as a filling for chai spiced gooey cinnamon rolls. Or slather it on a pancakes, waffles, cornbread or simply a piece of toast.
There’s so many uses for flavored compound butters like Chai Butter!
Shelf life
Chai butter can be refrigerated for up to a week or frozen for up to three months tightly covered.
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter 8 ounces, 2 sticks, softened
- 2 cups brown sugar dark or light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ⅛ teaspoon fine salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- In mixing bowl, combine butter, vanilla extract, sugar, spices and salt. Beat until well combined.
- Roll into a log or spoon into a shallow container and store refrigerated for up to a week or frozen for up to three months.
- Bring to room temperature to soften before using.
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