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Homemade Strawberry Butter Like Neiman Marcus

Published: May 4, 2021 Last Updated: Jun 20, 2022 by Marye 1283 words. | About 7 minutes to read this article.

Sweet, homemade strawberry butter is simple to make with just three main ingredients! This real fruit butter is delicious on warm biscuits and muffins - or serve it on popovers like they do at Neiman Marcus!
Total time 5 minutes
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Add some cozy, country charm to your breakfast table with this easy, delcious spread!

A jar of pink strawberry butter on a table. Title text overlay.
This homemade spread is one of my favorite brunch recipes.
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  • ❤️ Why you'll love it
  • 🧾 Ingredients
  • 🔪 Instructions
  • 🥫 Storage
  • 💭 Tips
  • 👩‍🍳 FAQs
  • 📚 Related recipes
  • 📞 The last word
  • Homemade Strawberry Butter
  • 💬 Comments

❤️ Why you'll love it

  • Done in less than 5 minutes
  • Makes any breakfast a little cozier
  • It's delicious

This easy strawberry butter recipe always turns my breakfast table into a country B&B! It's easy to make but adds a sweet touch to pancakes, waffles, French toast, and biscuits.

I love it on toasted multigrain bread.

🧾 Ingredients

Labeled ingredients for strawberry butter.

I like to add a little strawberry jam because it just makes the flavor more intense. You really only need the berries, sugar, and unsalted butter to make this recipe.

🔪 Instructions

How to Make Strawberry Butter
  1. Clean, stem, and slice strawberries.
  2. Use the food processor, immersion blender, or hand mixer to puree the berries.
  3. Add the lime, vanilla, strawberry jam, and sugar. Stir in until well blended.
  4. Add the room temperature butter and whip with an electric mixer until smooth. * After I did these images I found that whipping the butter and sugar together then mixing in the berries works MUCH better.
  5. Refrigerate until firm, at least two hours - the flavor is better after a couple of hours.
  • Mini food processor
  • Small mixing bowl
  • Hand mixer or immersion blender
  • Mixing cups and spoons

🥫 Storage

Store strawberry butter in an airtight container for up to a week in the refrigerator. You can freeze it for up to three months.

Overhead view of strawberry butter in a glass bowl.
This simple strawberry butter is the perfect accompaniment to brunch.

💭 Tips

Expert Tip: Be careful. The butter will pick up refrigerator or freezer odors if the fridge isn't clean. Don't put it in the freezer with fish!

  • Have all the ingredients at room temperature - they'll blend better.
  • Mix the butter and powdered sugar before you add the berries - it will be smoother than way and less likely to separate. I learned this the hard way!
  • For the best flavor the strawberries should be good and ripe.
  • Don't blend the berries into mush - pulse to make them finely chopped.
  • Adjust the amount of confectioner's sugar to your own tastes.
  • You can form the strawberry butter into logs and slice as needed.
  • It will keep about a week in the refrigerator - longer in the freezer.
  • Like any butter, this fruit butter will take on off flavors from refrigerator smells.
  • Any soft fruit will work - blueberries, blackberries, raspberries (mmm raspberry butter), peaches...
  • Frozen fruit does not work well - it's too watery.

👩‍🍳 FAQs

Here are the questions I am most frequently asked about this recipe.

The butter and strawberries seemed to separate! Why?

I have had this happen, too. It works best if you stir the berries into the butter and sugar after it's whipped. It seems to be less likely to separate BUT if it does separate it's STILL delicious - just not quite as pretty.

Can I use frozen fruit?

I don 't recommend it - I don't think it works as well because it is watery.

Overhead view of strawberry butter on toast.
Strawberry butter is delicious on your morning toast.

📚 Related recipes

Now that you've got strawberry butter you're going to need something to put it on, right?

  • Easy Drop Biscuits are so simple to make - no kneading!
  • Honey Buttermilk Bread is one of the most popular recipes here on Restless Chipotle. It's a soft, fluffy, no-fail sandwich bread.
  • English Muffin Bread has all those craters that English muffins have but in an easy, no knead loaf.
  • Angel Biscuits are a combination of a dinner roll and a biscuit. They are soft and light.
  • Cornmeal Popovers are my favorite type. They come out of the oven with a thin crispy crust.
  • Potato Rolls are so soft and pillowy - they are easy to make and full of old fashioned flavor.
  • Buttery croissants are easy to make with my quick method. Not quite the same as the originals but they don't take 8 hours either.
  • Buttermilk Biscuits are a southern standard. These are light and buttery.

📞 The last word

Here's my experience with this recipe...

Homemade whipped strawberry butter is so quick and easy to make you'll want to enjoy it all season long! It's delicious melting into a pink puddle on a hot biscuit or smeared across popovers. This simple recipe is very similar to the iconic strawberry butter that Neiman Marcus has served with their popovers for decades.

Neiman Marcus in downtown Dallas is the original. It's sat in the same spot since it was built in 1914 to replace the old Neiman Marcus building which had burned down.

When I was a little girl in the 1960s my mother took me there to shop once in awhile but  birthdays were always an occasion for lunch at the Zodiac Room. White gloves, poufy dress, and shiny patent leather shoes with bright buckles - because back then you dressed up to shop.

Over the past few years my friend has been taking me to the Zodiac Room for my birthday and we are always excited about the billowy popovers served with sweet, whipped strawberry butter.

I think that my version is a touch better than their version but they totally have me beat with tuxedoed waiters and white linen tablecloths.

I hope that someday you'll get a chance to enjoy a lunch at Neiman's in downtown Dallas but until then make a batch of this fresh strawberry butter and enjoy!

A container of fresh strawberries on a white table
Fresh, ripe strawberries are ready to be made into whipped strawberry butter!

Be sure to grab a batch of summer ripe strawberries and make this soon! It's not as good with out of season berries.

If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need. Don't forget that you can click on "add to collection" to save it to your own, private recipe box!

If you love this recipe please give it 5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Sweet, homemade strawberry butter is simple to make with just three main ingredients! This real fruit butter is delicious on warm biscuits and muffins - or serve it on popovers like they do at Neiman Marcus!
Course Condiments and Spices
Cuisine American - Southern
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings:16
Calories:114
Author:Marye Audet-White
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Equipment Needed

  • Food Processor
  • Mason jars

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, room temperature
  • ½ cup strawberries, pulsed in a food processor to a puree
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar, more as desired
  • 1 tablespoon lime zest, optional
  • 1 tablespoon strawberry jam, optional - adds more flavor
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla, optional

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Instructions

  • Whip the softened butter and powdered sugar together.
  • Mix in the jam, lime, and vanilla if you are adding these ingredients.
  • Fold in the strawberry puree.
  • Refrigerate in an airtight container until firm. Or, for slices, you can roll it into a log shape and wrap tightly in wax paper twisting the ends to seal.
  • Use as desired.

Notes

Expert Tip: Be careful. The butter will pick up refrigerator or freezer odors if the fridge isn't clean. Don't put it in the freezer with fish!
  • Have all the ingredients at room temperature - they'll blend better.
  • Mix the butter and powdered sugar before you add the berries - it will be smoother than way and less likely to separate. I learned this the hard way!
  • For the best flavor the strawberries should be good and ripe.
  • Don't blend the berries into mush - pulse to make them finely chopped.
  • Adjust the amount of confectioner's sugar to your own tastes.
  • You can form the strawberry butter into logs and slice as needed.
  • It will keep about a week in the refrigerator - longer in the freezer.
  • Like any butter, this fruit butter will take on off flavors from refrigerator smells.
  • Any soft fruit will work - blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, peaches...
  • Frozen fruit does not work well.
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Nutrition Facts

Calories: 114kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 102mg | Potassium: 12mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 355IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg

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    First published June 8, 2018. Last updated May 4, 2021 for better images and slight adjustments to the recipe to improve texture and flavor. A quick update to correct grammar/spelling mistakes was made on June 4, 2021.

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    1. Erica Mcfadgon

      January 07, 2023 at 9:17 am

      5 stars
      Great Spread

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