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Sweet Lemon Chive Compound Butter with Ecce Panis Bake at Home Bread #EasterMeals

March 20, 2012 By 20 Comments
sweet lemon chive compound butterSpring starts today, and here in New England it has been especially warm.  The rising of temperatures makes to idea of keeping my oven on any longer than necessary, not so enticing as it is in colder months.  It also makes me think of fresh herbs and vegetables, which of course go better with fresh homemade bread.  ecce panis bread at walmartRather than bake fully from scratch, busy cooks can have wonderful fresh baked bread, in 8-10 minutes, with Ecce Panis Bake at Home breads.  I am fond of both the Ciabatta and the French Demi Baguettes.  Here I chose the baguettes, since they would cut up nicely, and go well with the compound butter I was making.  Their dinner rolls would team very well with this recipe too though. See my full shopping story on Google+.

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bread with fresh compound butter

Sweet Lemon Chive Butter
4.7 from 6 reviews
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Recipe type: Condiment
Author: Robin Gagnon
Prep time: 30 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Serves: 6-8
A simple compound butter with honey, fresh chives and lemon zest.
Ingredients
  • 1/4 lb. salted butter
  • 3 tbs. finely chopped chives
  • zest of 1/2 a lemon
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1/4 tsp. Kosher salt
Instructions
  1. Chop butter and place in mixing bowl.
  2. Mince the lemon zest.
  3. Add chives, zest, honey and salt to the butter. Mash and mix well.
  4. Refrigerate, until about 1/2 hour before serving time.
Notes

For individual portions (as shown in pics): Either place a portion size ball on rectangle of parchment paper and fold over, pressing flat, or use a small simple cookie cutter shape to form the butter, smooth down, and gently press with fingers while lifting cutter to reveal shape. Portions should then but stored in refrigerator or freezer, until 1/2 hour before needed.

*best if made a day or two before needed

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picking chives for compound butter

Picking fresh chives, for compound butter.

compound butter ingredients

Compound butter ingredients gathered.

chopped chives

Chopped chives. Make sure they are fine.

chopped lemon zest

Chop the lemon zest very fine too.

honey for compound butter

Add honey to compound butter mixture.

honey lemon chive compound butter

Mash the butter and stir well until it looks like this.

heart shaped butter pats

To make heart shaped butter pats, press and smooth into small cookie cutters and gently pres with fingers, while lifting cutter.

compound butter pats

For quicker simple pats, just press flat in parchment paper as shown here. If you want to "fancy them up", for your holiday table, have older kids use decorative edge scissors to trim edges.

honey lemon chive butter with fresh bread

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Parmesan and Cracked Black Pepper Butter Crackers Recipe

December 4, 2011 By 3 Comments

parmesan cracked black pepper crackers recipeThis simple Parmesan and Cracked Black Pepper cracker recipe is one of my daughter’s favorites. Great when you want to whip together a fresh snack, without going to the store, since these ingredients are often on hand.  Quick option to make for guests as well.

Parmesan and Cracked Black Pepper Butter Crackers Recipe

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese, plus enough to sprinkle on top
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/4 tsp Mrs. Dash Table Blend
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1/2 stick butter
1 tbs. olive oil
2 tbs water

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325º.
  2. Combine ingredients in mixer, on low-med speed.
  3. Dough will be crumbly, knead on counter, just until it holds together well.
  4. Put on baking sheet, and roll out.  (If the sheet is non-stick line with parchment paper first)
  5. Cut the dough into small crackers with pastry cutter (use a pizza cutter if you don’t have one).
  6. Prick each cracker 1-2 times with the tongs of a fork.
  7. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese (and a little black pepper if you like).
  8. Bake for 15 minutes, then remove the outer edge crackers.  Bake the rest until they look lightly toasted.
  9. Remove onto kitchen towel to cool.

Try out my Buffalo Hot Wing n’ Blue Cheese Crackers Recipe too!

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Buffalo Hot Wing n’ Blue Cheese Crackers: Recipe

November 13, 2011 By 7 Comments
buffalo chicken blue cheese crackersBuffalo Chicken and Blue Cheese should be their own food groups in my world.  I wanted to make something a little different today, and had some blue cheese on hand.  I hadn’t made crackers in awhile, so blue cheese crackers it would be.  After brainstorming a bit about how I could make them a little extra exciting, I came up with this recipe.  The result is my twist on Chicken in a Biscuit meets hot sauce and blue cheese.  Perfect with a beer on Football Sunday!

Buffalo Hot Wing n’ Blue Cheese Crackers: Recipe
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Author: Robin Gagnon
Ingredients
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese
  • 1 tsp powdered chicken bouillion
  • 2 tsp. hot wing sauce
  • 3 tbs water
  • 1 tbs olive oil
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Mix baking powder into the flour.
  3. Add the rest of the ingredients, and mix well (the dough will be a bit crumbly).
  4. Put the dough on floured rolling surface. Push together with your hands to form a ball.
  5. Roll the dough out thin. You will see the blue cheese chunks flattening out in the dough, and streaks of color from hot sauce.
  6. Prick the dough with a fork, so it won’t bubble up, and cut with pastry or pizza cutter. (these steps can be done on sheet pan if it is an industrial one like I use, otherwise do them on counter, then place on baking sheet)
  7. Bake for 15 minutes on upper rack. Check for crispness of crackers, some or all may be done at this point. If some are done, remove them and bake the rest a few more minutes.
  8. Serve warm or room temp.
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Spinach Cracker Recipe : A Sneaky Way to Get Your Toddler to Eat Veggies

November 18, 2009 By 10 Comments
spinach cracker recipe

Homemade Spinach Crackers are a sneaky way to get your kids to eat their vegetables.

This recipe was developed , as a way of sneaking vegetables into my fussy toddlers diet.  She loves crunchy stuff, but just plays with her vegetables.  My devious plan… infiltrate the crunchy crackers she loves, with spinach.

I have made this recipe a couple times now, and my daughter eats the crackers, without complaint.  Sure, she would rather have Cheez-its, but Miss Fussy will eat them.

Spinach Cracker Recipe : A Sneaky Way to Get Your Toddler to Eat Veggies
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Ingredients
  • 1/3 cup of frozen loose leaf spinach
  • 1/4 cup oil (I use olive oil)
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt ( or powdered chicken bouillon, like Goya)
  • 1 and 1/2 tbs water
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup flour
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Puree the spinach, oil salt, baking powder and water in a food processor or blender.
  3. Combine the flour and the spinach mixture, either in the food processor, or a mixing bowl.
  4. Knead the dough and form it into a nice ball.
  5. Roll the dough out on a well floured surface. The dough should be rolled out very thin (like pasta dough).
  6. Put the dough on a floured baking sheet.
  7. Use a pastry cutter to cut the dough into squares.(a pizza cutter or knife will do if you don’t have one)
  8. Prick each cracker 2-3 times with a fork.
  9. Bake for approximately 20 minutes. Thinner crackers and those on the edges will cook faster. Pull them out, and continue cooking those that are still soft. Crackers will crisp a bit more during cooling, but should be somewhat crisp when removed.
  10. Crackers should be put directly on a kitchen towel to cool, to maintain their crispness.
Notes

This recipes will make a batch of spinach crackers equal to about 1/2 a regular size box of crackers. Store in an airtight container.

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The recipe is easy to make and composed of basic ingredients, that most home cooks will have on hand.  I decided to use an all purpose flour for these crackers, over whole wheat, to insure a good “crunch” factor.

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