Stretching Butter With Olive Oil

RE: Stretching Butter With Olive Oil Post by afrugallady (49) | (11/21/2005) Profile | Contact I make it simple. Add enough olive oil to butter or margarine to make it soft RE: Stretching Butter With Olive Oil Post by Harlean from Arkansas (266) | (04/01/2005) Profile | Contact I have been making "Olive Butter" for over a year now. I do mine in a mini food processor. I mix half and half....one cup room temperature light olive oil and 1 cup butter cut into pats, and at room temperature. Just put all in the processor bowl and whiz until smooth. Pour into a plastic container with a lid. (An old margarine tub, perhaps) This give you the great taste of real butter while cutting the saturated fat and replacing it with the "good" fat of the olive oil. And with this mixture, it is spreadable right from the fridge. But if you don't return it to the fridge, it will become "pourable". Much healthier than margarine. Harlean from Arkansas RE: Stretching Butter With Olive Oil Post by mkymlp (198) | (04/01/2005) Contact This recipe stretches the butter a bit and makes it spreadable. Cream one pound of room temperature butter with a mixer. Add a little more than 3/4 cup of olive oil, a small amount at a time; and mix with butter. Whip to blend completely. You can adjust the amount of the olive oil. Store in covered containers and refrigerate. This softens in about 5 minutes at room temperature.