How to Make Basil Butter {Infarrantly Creative!}

Happy Friday!!!  There is nothing better than Fridays, right?! :)

Today, my buddy, Beckie from Infarrantly Creative, is here sharing a quick and delicious recipe.  Yum!

Check out this throwback picture from 2011!  We were actually at Blissdom 2010 together, but didn’t know each other as well.

I love my blogging buddies so much!!

Blissdom 2011
Blissdom 2011

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Hey guys I am Beckie from Infarrantly Creative. Traci and I go back at least 5 years ago! We met back at a blogging conference, that no longer exists, called Blissdom. She has been a dear blogging friend and I always enjoy the time that I get to spend with her each year at different events and conferences.

Basil is probably one of the easiest herbs to grow. With a little sunshine and water it sprouts fast and can easily take over your garden if not given haircuts every now and again. I am absolutely in love with basil. I have grown a whole planter box of basil this year. With all the rain we have had in the Midwest it has grown like wildfire. So in addition to making pesto and bruschetta I have made basil butter. This basil butter is great to have on hand to spread on bread, season vegetables, fish, chicken and pasta.

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of basil leaves

2 sticks of salted butter

1/2 teaspoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon of Garlic Salt

1/8 teaspoon of ground pepper

1/4 teaspoon of Penzey’s season salt

Half Pint Ball Jars

1. Wash basil leaves well and measure out 1 1/2 cups of loosely packed leaves. Put in your food processor and pulse until finely chopped.

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2. Add the rest of the ingredients to the food processor and blend until smooth. Now feel free to veer from the spices I used and throw in what you like. You really can’t mess this recipe up!

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3. Spoon the mixture into a half pint Ball jar and give to a friend.

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This must be kept in the refrigerator or freezer. You could also scoop them into balls and flash freeze them and then place in a container for perfect portion size. I think this would make an excellent hostess gift don’t you?

Still have more basil to use? Check out my Basil Parmesan Orzo Recipe here.

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