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Cardamom-Brown Sugar Butter

By Morgan Bolling

Published on June 22, 2021

Time

16 minutes

Yield

Serves 12 (Makes about ⅔ cup)

Cardamom-Brown Sugar Butter

Ingredients

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened¼ cup packed (1¾ ounces) light brown sugar ¾ teaspoon ground cardamom ½ teaspoon table salt

Before You Begin

This recipe is inspired by Asha Gomez's cardamom cornbread in her book My Two Souths: Blending the Flavors of India into a Southern Kitchen (2016). Serve with our Fresh Corn Muffins.

Instructions

  1. Using fork, mash all ingredients in bowl until fully combined.
Cardamom-Brown Sugar Butter
Photography by Steve Klise. Styling by Chantal Lambeth.

Cardamom-Brown Sugar Butter

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Time

16 minutes

Yield

Serves 12 (Makes about ⅔ cup)

Ingredients

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
¼ cup packed (1¾ ounces) light brown sugar
¾ teaspoon ground cardamom
½ teaspoon table salt

Ingredients

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
¼ cup packed (1¾ ounces) light brown sugar
¾ teaspoon ground cardamom
½ teaspoon table salt

Ingredients

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
¼ cup packed (1¾ ounces) light brown sugar
¾ teaspoon ground cardamom
½ teaspoon table salt

Why This Recipe Works

Mashing softened butter with brown sugar and cardamom made a flavor-packed compound butter. We loved it slathered on our Fresh Corn Muffins, but it was also good spread on toast, salmon, or chicken.

Before You Begin

This recipe is inspired by Asha Gomez's cardamom cornbread in her book My Two Souths: Blending the Flavors of India into a Southern Kitchen (2016). Serve with our Fresh Corn Muffins.

Instructions

  1. Using fork, mash all ingredients in bowl until fully combined.

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