I made spoon butter!
Mr. TellBlast and I have heard and read about spoon butter off and on through the years. Since my subscription to the From Scratch Club, my latest brush with spoon butter included a recipe. I followed the same recipe, using my own beeswax (yay for me!) and a bottle of mineral oil. I found mineral oil in the pharmacy department and it was very inexpensive. I believe that the time and effort and small expense to make spoon butter will increase the life of the woodenware that I use to cook at home.
mineral oil and beeswax — all I needed!
The main thing that I think everyone should notice is the WIDEMOUTH jar. Widemouth opening makes spoon butter easier to make and use.
the unmelted wax from my hive
melt the wax with a double boiler set up
pour in the mineral oil into the melted wax
the mineral oil coagulated and was easy to break up by stirring
we didn’t wait for it to cool, but cleaned the excess butter off the stirring utensil and applied it to our cutting board
spoon butter smells like honey
the finished product
The last note I have is that the color of the wax will give your spoon butter its own unique coloring. Older wax will be darker; newer wax will be lighter.
Have you ever used spoon butter? I always used olive oil in the past.
Danèlle Stamps
Julia @ juliecache