Smoked Butter

Make butter from scratch with this easy smoker recipe. These simple steps shows you how to take 3 ingredients and turn it into butter that is bursting with flavor.

We use this butter on everything including Grilled Vegetables in Foil, Cold Smoked Salmon and Smoked Ribeye. If you are new to using your smoker, make sure to check out these Smoker Recipes for Beginners.

Why This Recipe Works

We have recently starting using our smoker more because of how easy it is to cook our favorite seafood recipes, steaks, and queso.

This butter is packed with flavor and now it has become part of my meal prep for the week. We spread it on everything and it really enhances the savory flavor.

Ingredients

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How to Make Smoked Butter

• Step 1 – Preheat your smoker to 200 degrees F. 

Step 2 – Place the heavy cream in a large glass bowl and place it in the smoker for approximately 90-120 minutes depending on how much smoke flavor you would like in butter (long time yields a strong flavor). Watch closely and make sure that the cream does not start to boil. 

Step 3 – Place the chilled cream in a chilled bowl of a stand up mixer up mixer. Add in the salt and minced garlic. 

Step 4 – Turn the mixer on to medium high speed. The cream should turn to whipped cream after a few minutes. 

Step 5 – Continue to mix on medium high speed for 10-15 minutes until the mixture starts to stick to the beater and the mixture will separate from liquid and solid form. 

Step 6 – Strain off the liquid (this is buttermilk and you can keep it if you prefer). Remove the butter from the bowl and place on a thin mesh strainer to remove any excess buttermilk from the butter.  Then rinse with cold water.

Step 7 – Roll the butter into the form that you prefer. Wrap and plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use. Then the butter is ready to serve and enjoy! 

Recipe Tips

• Mixing Ingredients – You can use a hand held mixer or a shaker jar if you prefer but it will take longer for the butter to form.  
• Serving Butter – Taste test the butter before serving and mix in more salt if you prefer based on your preference before refrigerating. 
• Cool Cream – Let the cream cool at room temperature for approximately 1 hour and then refrigerate until chilled (1-2 hours). 
• Butter Mixture – Then rinse with cold water to remove any extra liquid from the butter to give it a longer shelf life. 

Serving Suggestions

Smoked butter is a delicious addition to any recipes. We love to spread the garlic butter on our sourdough bread. We have even topped with on a Blackstone Sirloin Steak Recipe. The delicious butter gives the beef so much flavor.

We even have served it with Smoked Baked Potatoes and even our Garlic Lemon Grilled Shrimp recipe.