Bonfire night is behind us and I am now stepping up a gear with Christmas planning. I love planning and plotting – much of the stuff in my head doesn’t actually happen in reality but I love stuffing it full of crafty ideas, recipes and possibilities. My Pinterest boards are filling up, the Festive Friday linky is already bristling with ideas and my good old fashioned Christmas notebook is covered in my scampering handwriting.
Yesterday a bit of impromptu festiveness led to a nugget of an idea which I put into practice and am sharing with you lucky people today! My friend Sue suggested that, instead of having a natter at our usual watering hole La Strada, we should venture into The Settle a few steps further down Cheap Street in Frome. She had heard on the grapevine that they served a mean cinnamon toast and, as we were both beginning to feel just a teensy bit festive, we thought we ought to try some. Once tried, never forgotten, I had to recreate it at home as a post school treat in the run up to Christmas!
It goes particularly well with a nice cup of Earl Grey tea and a bit of after school chitter chatter. It would also be a lovely addition to homemade Christmas hampers and is one of those ‘Oh my goodness Mum, that’s very clever’ points winners – you can make it with your usual butter, softened, but why not go the whole hog as it’s Christmas and make butter from scratch – it’s easy!
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Ingredients
- 300 ml double cream
- 2 tbsps ice cold water
- 1 pinch of salt
- 8 tsps soft brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Pour the cream and salt into a food processor and whizz until stiff
- Add the ice cold water and whizz again until the cream starts to break up into small buttery pieces and separates from the buttermilk
- Turn into a sieve over a bowl to catch the buttermilk
- Turn onto a plate and press with a fork or the back of a knife until buttermilk stops appearing, drain the buttermilk off (you can use the buttermilk for pancakes or scones)
- Mash in the sugar and cinnamon until well combined
- Roll into a sausage shape using cling film/greaseproof paper
- Chill until firm
- Toast two slices of your bread of choice
- Spread generously with cinnamon butter
- Eat hot
Be warned, when you unwrap the butter (if you have small children in the house) someone will shout ‘Ew Mummy, it looks like a poo!’ – ignore them. If you want to give the butter as a hamper gift, however, it is probably best to slice nice neat discs off the end of the sausage and wrap them in greaseproof paper with a nice little ribbon ๐ You can make it now and freeze it until you are ready to use it or give it away. I was taught how to make butter in a food processor by Jaime Gardener, head chef at Yeo Valley – I still can’t believe how simple it is!
Now, I’d love you to share any Christmas posts with me so I can add to those plots and plans – what have you got for me this week?
Oh my deliciousness
I’m finding it hard not to dive back in for more Eliza!
Oh, sounds delicious. I guess you could just smash in sugar and cinnamon to pre bought butter as well?! I’m lazy ๐
Yes, you can and I shall! ๐
Sounds delicious! I’m going to give it a try.
Hoorah! Let me know how you get on!
I should NOT have read that before breakfast. My tummy is VERY noisy now.
Am laughing ๐ x
Oh my this looks amazing Chris – where’s my butter gone…. *scrambles inside fridge*
I am actually dreaming about this in my sleep, it is divine (and possibly addictive!)