Wonderful Whipped Maple Butter
Wonderful Whipped Maple Butter
Ready to whip up a little bowl of magic? This buttery maple-cinnamon spread is the perfect blend of sweetness and spice, with softened butter as the creamy base, a drizzle of rich maple syrup, a sprinkle of warm cinnamon, and a touch of brown sugar caramelized sweetness. Whisk the jazzed-up butter until fluffy, then slather it on your favorite fall treat—pancakes, muffins, or Sweet Thanksgiving Pumpkin Maple Cornbread. The possibilities are endless!
Happy & Healthy Cooking,
Fun-Da-Mentals Kitchen Skills
- measure :
to calculate the specific amount of an ingredient required using a measuring tool (like measuring cups or spoons).
- whisk :
to beat or stir ingredients vigorously with a fork or whisk to mix, blend, or incorporate air.
Equipment Checklist
- Medium bowl
- Dry measuring cups
- Liquid measuring cup
- Measuring spoons
- Whisk
Ingredients
Wonderful Whipped Maple Butter
- 1/2 C unsalted butter, softened **(for DAIRY ALLERGY sub unsalted dairy-free/nut-free butter, like Earth Balance brand)**
- 1/4 C maple syrup
- 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 T brown sugar
Food Allergen Substitutions
Wonderful Whipped Maple Butter
- Dairy: Substitute unsalted dairy-free/nut-free butter, like Earth Balance brand.
Instructions
Wonderful Whipped Maple Butter
measure + whisk
In a medium bowl, measure 1/2 cup softened butter, 1/4 cup maple syrup, 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 tablespoon brown sugar. Whisk until all the ingredients are smoothly combined.
whisk + serve
Make sure all the ingredients are incorporated and that the end result is fluffy. If your butter is not soft enough, this step will be difficult. Whisk, whisk, whisk until your butter is whipped, fluffy, and ready to be served atop the Sweet Thanksgiving Pumpkin Maple Cornbread!
Hi! I'm Maple Syrup!
"Did you know I come from a tree? I'm made from maple tree sap! Some say I taste like caramel, toffee, and vanilla. I'm a popular syrup on top of pancakes and waffles. I also make yummy icings and fillings for donuts and cookies, and I'm a flavorful replacement for sugar in savory sauces!"
- Indigenous peoples in northeastern North America were the first to discover they could make maple syrup and sugar from the sap of maple trees. They used it to sweeten and flavor foods and as a source of nutritional energy.
- The Native Americans showed European colonists how to tap a maple tree by cutting into its trunk to harvest the sap. The colonists began using an auger to drill a hole into the trunk.
- The method is similar today as it was then, with a spile or spigot put in the hole for the sap to flow out of when the temperature is above freezing. A pail is hung below the spile to catch the sap. Sometimes, a plastic bag is used to collect the sap instead so that farmers can see the amount of sap going into it.
- Three types of maple trees are mainly used to get sap to make maple syrup due to their higher sugar content, although other maples will also provide the sap. They are the sugar maple, the black maple, and the red maple.
- The maple trees are 30 to 40 years old before they are tapped and can continue to be tapped until they reach 100. Depending on the width of the trunk diameter, 1 to 3 taps can be placed in one tree's trunk. The average tree will produce 9 to 13 gallons of sap per season or 3 gallons per day. A season runs between late winter and spring for about 4 to 8 weeks.
- A farm that produces maple syrup is called a "sugarbush." After tapping, the sap is collected and boiled down so the water evaporates and gets it to the right syrup consistency. This takes place in what is called a "sugar house" or "sugar shack."
- After boiling the sap, the syrup is filtered to remove debris, and then it is graded according to clarity, color, density, and flavor.
- The grading system in the United States and Canada has been uniform since 2015. Maple syrup is grade A if it is clear and there are no off-flavors. The designations within grade A are golden with delicate taste, amber with rich taste, dark with robust taste, and very dark with strong taste.
- Table syrup or pancake syrup is an inexpensive substitute for pure maple syrup. They are made of corn syrup or high-fructose corn syrup.
- Maple syrup is a popular tourist product for visitors to Canada. The Canadian flag has a maple leaf on it, and other maple products, like maple leaf cream cookies with maple syrup filling, are found in airports and tourist shops.
History of Butter!
- First churned at least 4,000 years ago, butter became an essential food. As the story goes, it all began one hot day when a Nomad tied a pouch of milk to his horse's neck and later found the heat and jostling had churned the milk into a tasty yellow product.
- Before butter became exclusively used as food, people used it as money.
- For years, butter was only made at home by mixing cream in a container to form butter lumps. Then, as the butter became thicker, the liquid buttermilk was drawn off, and the butter was washed and removed.
- Butter churns evolved from skin pouches to earthenware pots that would be rocked, shaken, or swung with whole milk or cream inside to separate the fat.
- Eating butter increases the absorption of other nutrients in foods. Because butter is made from milk or cream, it has more nutritional benefits than margarine, a butter-like spread made from vegetable oils. In addition, butter has been around for centuries, where margarine has been around for less than 200 years.
Lettuce Joke Around
My friend hurt herself while making butter on her farm.
It was an unfortunate churn of events.
The Yolk's On You
"Knock, knock!"
"Who’s there?"
"Butter. Butter who?"
"I butter not tell you!"
The Yolk's On You
Don't ask me to tell you that joke about butter.
I refuse to spread it.
THYME for a Laugh
Why is maple syrup always so sad?
Because it’s sappy!
THYME for a Laugh
My brother threw a stick of butter at me!
How dairy?!
THYME for a Laugh
What did the pancake say to the maple syrup?
"You sweeten me!"
