Lavender & Honey butter

A couple of years ago, my job sent me to Seattle for a week. While there we dined at the Space Needle restaurant and had the most amazing bread and butter. The butter was unlike anything I'd ever tasted. It was sweet but savory. There were hints of lavender and honey, or so I thought. After doing some research I found out that the butter was actually made with real maple syrup and lavender. It may have had other ingredients, but who knows. I figured I would try to replicate something similar and see how well it would turn out. Luckily, the butter tasted great and everyone loved it! Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

1 cup softened unsalted butter
1 tablespoon dried lavender
1 tablespoon honey
Salt

Directions

1 Mix ingredients thoroughly and let sit for a while so the flavors combine

2 Do not refrigerate because you want the butter to be soft and spreadable on bread.

3 Enjoy with your favorite bread or toast :-)

You could probably use fresh lavender and dry it and crush it into tiny pieces but dried lavender works fine. I think it will be easier to find dried lavender in stores. I found this lavender at an Indian Spice store:



You could probably also substitute the honey with maple syrup. Maple will probably be sweeter than honey and have a more richer taste.

If you want to freeze the butter you can. You can shape softened butter into logs and wrap with waxed paper or plastic wrap. It will stay good for a long time. There are endless possibilities for what you can do with the butter. You could probably use it to cook as well. Be creative and come up with your own ideas and share them! :-)