The Best Butter Board Recipe (2024)

FAQs

How to make the perfect butter board for the holidays? ›

Holiday Butter Board Tips for Success

🤶To make everything sanitary and safe, I recommend lining your serving board with parchment paper before smearing on the butter or cheese. 🔪I also recommend leaving butter knives on the side along with freshly sliced bread so your guests can use their own cutlery.

I like to create small swirls in the butter because it allows for small crevices on that can collect the toppings you'll add to the butter board, especially things like honey or jam. After spreading the butter all over the surface area of the board, it's time for the toppings.

Alongside butter, these foods tend also to contain high amounts of sugar, while being low in other nutrients. High intakes of these types of foods is also linked with greater risk of heart disease. Overall, sharing a butter board with friends every now and then is unlikely to cause much harm to your health.

Thankfully, the trend seems to have died down, and the TikTok home cook who introduced the world to butter boards, Justine Doiron, moved on to a new vehicle for spreadable food: a bowl. From our standpoint, this makes much more sense.

Get as creative as you like, but always start with good quality butter and a good sprinkling of flaky sea salt. The butter board will be totally fine at room temperature for a day – then you can store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days, depending on what you've topped it with.

The basic recipe is one part beeswax to three parts mineral oil. For my small jar I used 2 Tablespoons beeswax and 6 Tablespoons mineral oil.

Butter must be soft so it spreads easily. (An hour on the counter seems to work in my house.) 2 tablespoons of butter per person is a great guide to how much butter you need.

Serve with warm bread, toasted bread, seeded crackers, or anything that goes amazingly with butter. Place small spoons or butter knives out with the board and encourage everyone to scoop, spread, and enjoy!

So all you need to do is find a butter crock you like, put butter in the cup and water in the base, and leave it on the table. Just check it before the guests arrive to make sure your family hasn't finished off the entire container.

TEXAS ROADHOUSE BUTTER BOARD (viral butter board recipe)

Ingredients • 1 stick salted butter, room temperature • 1/4 cup honey • 3 tbsp powdered sugar • 1 tbsp cinnamon + more to garnish • Warm bread Instructions • spread the butter on a platter • Place honey in a microwaveable bowl and heat for 10 seconds.

Why are people making butter boards? ›

The "butter board" is similar to the conventional cheese and charcuterie platter, as it's a shared appetizer that requires no cooking at all. If anything, it's actually easier and requires less skill to create. Plus, it looks so perfect on Instagram!

Butter boards are not a good idea for people who are more susceptible to food borne illness and cross contamination, including people who are elderly, very young, pregnant or immunocompromised, Detwiler says.

In place of the cheese and meats on a charcuterie board, a butter board is softened butter spread out on a wooden board and then covered in herbs to serve over bread.

Some delicious go-tos include charcuterie meats, cheeses (sliced or cubed), olives, roasted nuts, creamy spreads, crackers, veggies and herbs (for the leafy part). You can even include some sweet bites like dried fruits, chocolate-covered nuts or one-bite Christmas cookies.

Making Your Charcuterie Boards Stand Out

The best charcuterie boards include options from all of these categories – as well as accompanying cheeses, jams, fruits, and other accents that contrast the meats and highlight all of the best flavors.

Cut Up or Grate Butter

If you cut your butter into chunks instead of leaving it in one big stick, it'll warm up to room temperature much faster. First, measure the amount of butter you'll need, and then unwrap that amount. Cut the sticks into thin slices or chunks, and in around 10 minutes you'll have softened butter.