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    Home » Condiments, Dressings & Sauces » Whipped Meyer Lemon Butter with Vanilla

    Whipped Meyer Lemon Butter with Vanilla

    Jun 21, 2014 · by Valentina · 14 Comments

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    Whipped Meyer Lemon Butter Recipe is a lovely, rich and creamy, vanilla-laced spread. It's delicious on warm toast and it could practically frost a cake!Whipped Meyer Lemon Butter in a small blue-rimmed bowl with vanilla pod on top.

    Inspiration for Whipped Lemon Butter

    Do you ever wish you had something more interesting and fun to spread on you morning toast? I sure do. (Yep, these are the riveting things on my mind. True.)

    I love breakfast and brunch and I'm always thinking up new unique recipes for spreads to serve with scones, bagels and muffins.

    This, my friends, is simply luscious. It's subtly sweet, lemony, and scented with the beautiful fragrance of vanilla. It's a compound butter, like no other!

    wet lemons in drainer

    What is a compound butter?

    • A compound butter is simply a butter that has had other flavors added to it. The possibilities are endless!

    And since it's Meyer lemon season I created this Whipped Meyer Lemon-Vanilla Butter Recipe!

    If I were you I'd serve this at a casual brunch with warm scones, pastries or brioche.

    Or I might even serve it at a fun BBQ, melted over corn on the cob hot off the grill. That's just me, though. Do with it what you please. 🙂

    Top view of Whipped Meyer Lemon Butter with vanilla and fresh lemon slices.

    Recipe Tip

    Meyer lemons are my favorite because they're a bit sweeter, less acidic and thinner-skinned than regular lemons. However, you can use any lemon you'd like!

    In the mood for more lemon recipes?

    More delicious lemon recipes:

    • Lemon Vanilla Hot Milk Cake Recipe
    • Lemon-Thyme Spaghetti Recipe

    And if you want to try other compound butters, here are three more recipes.

    Enjoy every last spread of this delectable Whipped Meyer Lemon Butter with Vanilla!

    If you try this butter, or any of my other recipes, I’d love to hear what you think about it in the comments below. You can also follow me on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest to see more of my mouth-watering recipes!

    Whipped Meyer Lemon-Vanilla Butter Recipe

    Whipped Meyer Lemon-Vanilla Butter Recipe

    Valentina K. Wein
    Whipped Meyer Lemon Butter Recipe is a lovely, rich and creamy, vanilla-laced spread. It's delicious on warm toast and it could practically frost a cake!
    Please note that more than half of the prep time is inactive.
    Makes ½ cup / Serving size: about 2 teaspoons
    5 from 5 votes
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    Prep Time 33 minutes mins
    Cook Time 2 minutes mins
    Total Time 35 minutes mins
    Course Condiments, Sauces, Dressings and Vinaigrettes
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12
    Calories 68 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 4 ounces unsalted butter
    • 1 vanilla bean pod
    • zest of 1 small Meyer lemon (see notes)
    • 2 teaspoons fresh Meyer lemon juice (see notes)
    • pinch salt and granulated sugar

    Instructions
     

    • Melt the butter in a small sauce pan over low heat.
    • Use a paring knife to slice open the vanilla pod, lengthwise. With the back of the knife, scrape the vanilla beans directly into the saucepan with the melted butter. (Save the pod to make vanilla sugar.)
    • Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, pinch of salt and sugar and stir to blend.
    • Turn off the heat, cover, let the mixture sit for about 15 minutes, and then pour it into small, but deep, mixing bowl.
    • Place the bowl in the refrigerator just until the mixture begins to solidify, about 5 minutes.
    • Use an electric mixer with the whisk attachment, or a hand held whisk to whip the butter until it's smooth and light. This should take about 2 minutes with the electric mixer on high, and closer to five with the hand held whisk.
    • Serve while it's soft. (If you refrigerate it between uses, let it soften to room temperature before you serve it.)

    NOTES

    If you don't have Meyer lemons, it will still be delicious with another variety.

    NUTRITION

    Calories: 68kcal
    Keywords sweet condiments, great for brunch
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. David

      June 22, 2014 at 8:16 pm

      Hello, blueberry scones! This will be absolutely perfect. Not that my scones don't have enough butter... 😉

      Reply
      • Breeze Nyoni

        July 13, 2014 at 2:44 am

        Hi there , thanks you, hoping to get some new trends here.
        Hope you enjoyed your holiday.
        Xo
        Breeze

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        • valentina

          July 18, 2014 at 3:10 pm

          Thanks, Breeze! 🙂

          Reply
      • valentina

        July 18, 2014 at 3:09 pm

        Bring on the scones! 🙂

        Reply
    2. Tisha

      January 02, 2019 at 10:14 pm

      5 stars
      Oh my gosh this sounds amazing! I have to try it asap!

      Reply
      • valentina

        January 03, 2019 at 2:02 pm

        I hope you do, Tisha. And love it!

        Reply
    3. Emmeline

      January 03, 2019 at 12:58 am

      5 stars
      This is such an awesome idea! I've made whipped lemon butter before, but never with vanilla. I can just imagine the lovely mix of the sweet & lemon & vanilla flavors... OK seriously drooling now! If you don't want to take the time to chill it before whipping, what I do for my whipped butter is to just melt a third of it and add the rest in cubes, that way you can whip it straight away and don't have to wait.

      Reply
      • valentina

        January 03, 2019 at 2:02 pm

        That's such a great tip, Emmeline! Thanks so much. I love these flavors, too. 🙂

        Reply
    4. Veena Azmanov

      January 03, 2019 at 12:59 am

      5 stars
      This is Citrus and yummy. Have to make it for my next party. My kids will love it.

      Reply
      • valentina

        January 03, 2019 at 2:01 pm

        My kids sure do. 🙂 Thanks, Veena.

        Reply
    5. Brian Jones

      January 03, 2019 at 1:00 am

      5 stars
      I like being here, it as a safe haven from all the detox nonsense that is stalking me... I want all of this lemon butter, all of it I tell ya!

      Reply
      • valentina

        January 03, 2019 at 2:00 pm

        Ha! I love that Brian! Thank you. Cheers and happy 2010.

        Reply
    6. Cathy

      January 03, 2019 at 4:27 pm

      5 stars
      Really simple recipe for such a delicious outcome! Love this! Would definitely follow your advise of topping it on corn on the cob!

      Reply
      • valentina

        January 03, 2019 at 9:20 pm

        Thanks so much, Cathy. Yes, soooo yummy on corn. 🙂

        Reply

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