Best Cinnamon Maple Butter Recipes

BLUE CORN PANCAKES WITH ORANGE HONEY BUTTER AND CINNAMON MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Preheat a nonstick griddle. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
• Mix together the dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Beat the eggs and 1 1/2 cups of the milk in a medium bowl until combined, then stir in the melted butter. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Gently fold in the blueberries. If the batter seems too thick, add some of the remaining milk.
• Ladle approximately 1/4 cup of the batter onto the griddle for each pancake. Cook until the bottom is light golden brown, flip, and continue cooking for about 30 seconds. Remove to an ovenproof plate and keep warm in the oven until ready to serve. Serve 3 pancakes per person with a dollop of orange-honey butter, cinnamon maple syrup, and bananas. Garnish with blueberries dust with confectioners' sugar.
• Place orange juice in a small non-reactive saucepan over high heat and reduce to 3 tablespoons. Place butter in a bowl and add the orange syrup, honey, and salt; mix until combined. Scoop into a large ramekin, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.
• Heat syrup and cinnamon sticks over low heat for 10 minutes. Remove and let steep for 1 hour. Remove sticks and pour into a small pitcher.

BLUE CORN-BLUEBERRY PANCAKES WITH ORANGE-HONEY BUTTER AND CINNAMON MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Preheat non-stick griddle. Mix together the dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Beat the eggs and 1 1/2 cups of the milk in a medium bowl until combined, then stir in the melted butter. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined then gently fold in the blueberries. If the batter seems too thick, add some of the remaining milk. Ladle approximately 1/4 cup of the batter onto the griddle for each pancake. Cook until the bottom is light golden brown, flip over and continue cooking for about 30 seconds. Remove to an ovenproof plate and keep warm in a 200 degree oven until ready to serve. Serve 3 per person with a dollop of orange-honey butter, maple-cinnamon syrup and bananas and berries. Dust with confectioners' sugar.
• Orange-Honey Butter: Place orange juice in a small saucepan over high heat and reduce to 3 tablespoons. Place butter in a bowl, add the orange syrup, honey and salt and mix until combined. Scoop into a large ramekin, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.
• Cinnamon Maple Syrup: Heat syrup and cinnamon sticks over low heat for 10 minutes. Remove and let steep for 1 hour. Remove sticks and pour into a small pitcher.

SWEET POTATO GNOCCHI WITH MAPLE CINNAMON SAGE BROWN BUTTER

Steps:

• For the Gnocchi: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Pierce the sweet potato with a fork. Bake the sweet potatoes until tender and fully cooked, between 40 to 55 minutes depending on size. Cool slightly. Cut in half and scoop the flesh into a large bowl. Mash the sweet potatoes and transfer to a large measuring cup to make sure the sweet potatoes measure about 2 cups. Transfer the mashed sweet potatoes back to the large bowl. Add the ricotta cheese, salt, cinnamon, and pepper and blend until well mixed. Add the flour, 1/2 cup at a time until a soft dough forms. Lightly flour a work surface and place the dough in a ball on the work surface. Divide the dough into 6 equal balls. Roll out each ball into a 1-inch wide rope. Cut each rope into 1-inch pieces. Roll the gnocchi over the tines of a fork. Transfer the formed gnocchi to a large baking sheet. Continue with the remaining gnocchi.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the gnocchi in 3 batches and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 5 to 6 minutes. Drain the gnocchi using a slotted spoon onto a baking sheet. Tent with foil to keep warm and continue with the remaining gnocchi.
• For the Brown Butter sauce: While the gnocchi are cooking melt the butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. When the butter has melted add the sage leaves. Continue to cook, swirling the butter occasionally, until the foam subsides and the milk solids begin to brown. Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the cinnamon, maple syrup, salt, and pepper. Careful, the mixture will bubble up. Gently stir the mixture. When the bubbles subside, toss the cooked gnocchi in the brown butter. Transfer the gnocchi to a serving dish and serve immediately.

EASY CINNAMON MAPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• With an electric mixer beat all ingredients until smooth and creamy in a bowl.
• Add in more cinnamon to taste if desired and mix again.
• Transfer the mixture to a crock and chill until firm.
• Keep covered with a tight fitting lid or foil when refrigerated.

BUTTERMILK PANCAKES WITH BLACKBERRY-BLUEBERRY BUTTER AND CINNAMON MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• For the basic buttermilk pancakes: Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
• Whisk together the eggs until smooth, whisk in the buttermilk and vanilla until smooth. Add the wet to the dry along with the butter and the optional ingredients, if using, and mix until just combined. (Lumps are ok). Let sit at room temperature for at least 15 minutes and up to 30 minutes before using.
• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. Heat a griddle, nonstick pan or cast iron pan over medium heat until evenly heated, about 5 minutes. Brush with butter and add a few teaspoons of oil.
• Drop scant 1/4 cups of the batter onto the griddle or into the pan and cook until the bottom of the pancakes are golden brown and the top surface becomes slightly dry and bubbles begin to form, about 3 minutes. Carefully flip over using a fish spatula or metal spatula and cook until the other side is lightly golden brown, about 2 minutes longer. Serve immediately slathered with the butter and drizzled with the syrup...or transfer to baking sheets in even layers and keep warm in oven.
• For the blackberry-blueberry butter (compound butter): Combine the berries, sugar and 1/4 cup of water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook until the berries break down and the mixture thickens, about 15 minutes. Add the lemon juice and transfer to a bowl to cool. This mixture can be made 3 days in advance and can be stored, covered, in a bowl in the refrigerator.
• For a chunky butter: Combine the fruit, butter and salt in a bowl and mix until combined. For a smooth butter, combine the fruit, butter and salt in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth.
• Serve at room temperature or scrape into a bowl, cover and refrigerate for up to 5 days or freeze up to a month.
• For the maple-cinnamon syrup (flavored syrups): Combine the syrup, cinnamon and salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Remove, cover with a lid and let steep for at least 1 hour. Can be made 3 days in advance and stored covered in the refrigerator. Bring to a simmer before serving and remove and discard cinnamon sticks.

BUTTER PECAN CRUMBLE PANCAKES WITH HOMEMADE CINNAMON MAPLE BUTTE

Steps:

• FOR BUTTER:.
• With an electric mixer, beat the first 3 ingredients until smooth and creamy and set aside.
• FOR TOPPING:.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F Combine the flour and sugar in a bowl. Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour and sugar until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the pecans, and use your fingers to toss together and incorporate into the mixture.
• Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray. Spread the crumble on the baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes until golden brown and crisp.
• PANCAKES:.
• In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla. Pour into the dry ingredients and stir just until combined (batter should be lumpy). Stir in the pecans.
• Let the pancake batter rest for 20 minutes before cooking the pancakes on a griddle or in a large pan. Top each pancake with some of the pecan crumble and maple syrup.

SWEET POTATO GNOCCHI WITH MAPLE CINNAMON SAGE BROWN BUTTER

Steps:

• For the Gnocchi:.
• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Pierce the sweet potatoes with a fork.
• Bake the sweet potatoes until tender and fully cooked between 44 and 55 minutes, depending on size.
• Cool slightly.
• Cut in half. Scoop the flesh into a large bowl.
• Mash the sweet potatoes (Giada used a ricer).
• Transfer to a large measuring cup. (make sure the sweet potatoes measure 2 cups).
• Add ricotta cheese, salt, cinnamon, and pepper.
• Add 1/2 cup flour at a time until a soft dough forms.
• Lightly flour a work surface. Place the dough in a ball on surface.
• Divide the dough into 6 equal balls.
• Roll out each ball into a 1-inch wide rope.
• Cut each rope into 1 inch pieces.
• Roll the gnocchi over the tines of a fork.
• Transfer the formed gnocci to a large baking sheet.
• Continue with the remaining gnocchi.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to boil over high heat.
• Add the gnocchi in 3 batches and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, about 5 or 6 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Drain using a slotted spoon and place on a baking sheet.
• Tent with foil.
• Continue with remaining gnocchi.
• Brown Butter Sauce:.
• While the gnocchi are cooking, melt butter in a large sauce pan over medium heat.
• When butter has melted, add sage leaves.
• Continue to cook, swirling the butter occasionally until foam subsides and the milk solids begin to brown.
• Remove pan from heat.
• Stir in cinnamon, maple syrup, salt and pepper. Careful, the mixture will bubble up. Gently stir the mixture.
• When the bubbles subside, toss the cooked gnocchi in the brown butter.
• Transfer to serving dish.
• Serve immediately.

MAPLE CINNAMON SAGE BROWN BUTTER

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. When the butter has melted add the sage leaves.
• Continue to cook, swirling the butter occasionally, until the foam subsides and the milk solids begin to brown.
• Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the cinnamon, maple syrup, salt, and pepper. Careful, the mixture will bubble up. Gently stir the mixture.
• When the bubbles subside, the sauce is done.

SWEET POTATO GNOCCHI WITH MAPLE CINNAMON BUTTER

Steps:

• For the Gnocchi: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Pierce the sweet potato with a fork. Bake the sweet potatoes until tender and fully cooked, between 40 to 55 minutes depending on size. Cool slightly. Cut in half and scoop the flesh into a large bowl. Mash the sweet potatoes and transfer to a large measuring cup to make sure the sweet potatoes measure about 2 cups. Transfer the mashed sweet potatoes back to the large bowl. Add the ricotta cheese, salt, cinnamon, and pepper and blend until well mixed. Add the flour, 1/2 cup at a time until a soft dough forms. Lightly flour a work surface and place the dough in a ball on the work surface. Divide the dough into 6 equal balls. Roll out each ball into a 1-inch wide rope. Cut each rope into 1-inch pieces. Roll the gnocchi over the tines of a fork. Transfer the formed gnocchi to a large baking sheet. Continue with the remaining gnocchi. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the gnocchi in 3 batches and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 5 to 6 minutes. Drain the gnocchi using a slotted spoon onto a baking sheet. Tent with foil to keep warm and continue with the remaining gnocchi. For the Brown Butter sauce: While the gnocchi are cooking melt the butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. When the butter has melted add the sage leaves. Continue to cook, swirling the butter occasionally, until the foam subsides and the milk solids begin to brown. Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the cinnamon, maple syrup, salt, and pepper. Careful, the mixture will bubble up. Gently stir the mixture. When the bubbles subside, toss the cooked gnocchi in the brown butter. Transfer the gnocchi to a serving dish and serve immediately.

BUTTER PECAN CRUMBLE PANCAKES WITH CINNAMON MAPLE

Steps:

• FOR BUTTER: With an electric mixer, beat the first 3 ingredients until smooth and creamy and set aside.
• FOR TOPPING: Preheat the oven to 350°F Combine the flour and sugar in a bowl. Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour and sugar until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the pecans, and use your fingers to toss together and incorporate into the mixture.
• Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray. Spread the crumble on the baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes until golden brown and crisp
• PANCAKES: In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla. Pour into the dry ingredients and stir just until combined (batter should be lumpy). Stir in the pecans.
• Let the pancake batter rest for 20 minutes before cooking the pancakes on a griddle or in a large pan. Top each pancake with some of the pecan crumble and maple syrup.

CINNAMON MAPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients.
• Pack into containers and refrigerate.

SWEET AND HOT MAPLE-CINNAMON COMPOUND BUTTER

Steps:

• In a small pan, heat the maple syrup, crushed red pepper and cinnamon for 5 minutes to let the spices bloom. Take off the heat and let cool.
• Put the butter into a bowl. Add the maple syrup mixture and vanilla and whisk until uniform. Spread on toast if desired.

SWEET AND HOT MAPLE-CINNAMON COMPOUND BUTTER

Steps:

• In a small pan, heat the maple syrup, crushed red pepper and cinnamon for 5 minutes to let the spices bloom. Take off the heat and let cool.
• Put the butter into a bowl. Add the maple syrup mixture and vanilla and whisk until uniform. Spread on toast if desired.