Need the perfect finishing touch to your Easter table? Bunny Butter is the perfect way to brighten up your spring holiday feast. It's a simple way to add a little je-ne-sais-quois to your meal with an adorable bunny shaped butter.
Bunny Butter is butter that's been shaped into a bunny. For this we're using a food grade silicone mold and room temperature butter. Warning, these bunnies might be too cute to eat. Serve these for brunch smothered on waffles and pancakes or use them for your dinner rolls and biscuits for Easter dinner.
If you're looking for more easy Easter recipes check out these Easter Chocolate Covered Oreos, Carrot Cake Cupcakes and Spinach Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad.
Why You'll Love this 'Recipe'
One Ingredient - You only need butter, a couple of special tools and then to follow these step-by-step instructions to have the most adorable edible decoration at your dining table.
Festive Decor - Bunny-shaped butter adds a delightful and festive touch to your Easter feast. Children especially will enjoy the adorable shape and make meal time more exciting.
Conversation Starter - Bunny-shaped butter can serve as a unique conversation starter, sparking discussions about Easter traditions, family memories, or even creative ways to use the butter.
Make Ahead - These bunny butters can be made ahead. Frozen, and then day of serving you can take them out of the freezer and they will come to room temperature in a handful of hours.
Ingredients
Butter - You can use unsalted or salted. For this recipe, I'm using a higher quality Irish butter (brand Kerrygold) compared to the grocery brand sticks. Irish butter has a higher fat and lower water count than American butter, so it has a better taste and is creamer in my opinion. It is yellow in color, which is due to a naturally occurring plant pigment called carotene. Since in Ireland, dairy cows eat a primarily grass based diet which is rich in carotene.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Soften butter to room temperature. Add to a piping back and snip off the tip.
- Start by filling the ears, tail and nose cavity of the bunny mold with butter. Use the back of a small spoon to smooth it out and press the butter in.
- Add a mound of butter to the mold and use a back of a spoon to coat the outer body of the bunny mold to create a more seamless finish.
- Fill molds with remaining butter and smooth out. Place a piece of plastic wrap on top. Gently pressing into the butter and place in the freezer overnight.
- Carefully remove the silicone mold from each bunny. Set out to room temperature for 3-4 hours before serving.
Expert Tips
Make Ahead and Remake if Needed - I did practice a couple of times before I got a smooth finish on the bunny. This is a rather detailed mold. If needed, I just brought them to room temperature and tried again. These can be kept frozen and then unwrapped on the day of for serving. Just bring them to room temperature.
Remember its okay if its not perfect! - These are going to be eaten and your guests will appreciate the effort you've already gone to make something extra special for the day.
Recipe FAQ
From frozen to room temperature, it took the butter bunnies about 3-4 hours to get to room temperature.
I do not recommend melted butter. As you can see the imagine below. The left uses room temperature butter and the right use melted butter. While it does make a perfectly formed bunny, as it was brought to room temperature it began to 'sweat' and looked very unappetizing. Plus, the butters taste and texture is affected in an unpleasant way.
These bunny molds are fairly large. A bunny can shared by multiple people. Each bunny holds roughly 4 ounces of butter.
It really depends on how much butter people put on their bread along with the type. For example, someone would maybe use more butter on pancakes and waffles versus rolls or biscuits.
Not at all, if you search food safe bunny molds on amazon, you will find a plethora of other options. Some more simple. Some more detailed. You'll just want to check the capacity to calculate how much butter you'll need.
When you remove your bunnies from the mold, you might notice some lines where bunny didn't fill in, etc. I keep a little extra butter at room temperature and working quickly fill in the gaps using a piping bag and food safe gloves or the back of a small spoon or offset spatula.
Once its room temperature you could also try smoothing it out with an offset spatula or back of the spoon.
Either way, you will likely see the marks of your attempts to be clear. Of just set the butter knife in the mark and no one will know. These are getting consumed either way.
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Bunny Butter
Equipment
- Bunny Silicone Mold This is the one I used.
- Food Safe Gloves optional
- Piping Bags
- Plastic Wrap
Ingredients
- 8+ ounces butter room temperature
Instructions
- Soften butter to room temperature. Add to a piping back and snip off the tip.
- Start by filling the ears, tail and nose cavity of the bunny mold with butter. Use the back of a small spoon to smooth it out and press the butter in.
- Add a mound of butter to the mold and use a back of a spoon to coat the outer body of the bunny mold to create a more seamless finish.
- Fill molds with remaining butter and smooth out. Place a piece of plastic wrap on top. Gently pressing into the butter and place in the freezer overnight.
- Carefully remove the silicone mold from each bunny. Set out to room temperature for 3-4 hours before serving.
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