How To Use Thrive Life Butter Powder

My husband and I are serious about having a stash of food for emergencies, we aren’t hard core preppers but we are more prepared than the average family.  We are always interested in finding pantry staples designed to have a long shelf life. One product that we’ve been very happy to find is Butter Powder.  

Butterpowder is made from actual butter, nonfat milk solids, sodium caseinate (milk protein) and disodium phosphate (an anti-caking additive).  

To bring butter powder back to life you stir in the powder with water.   The result is a thick spread-like product.  Its consistency is a lot like tub margarine.  The shelf life is the real winner.   For sealed cans the optimal shelf life is 5 years.  Once opened it is 9 months.   Butter powder can be used in baked goods, on toast, in mixes and as a topping for movie-theater-like popcorn.

Butter powder can be a little tricky to use.  You don’t use it the same way you would fresh butter.    I’ve been cooking with butter powder for about 4 years and I want to share with you what I’ve learned.  

Powdered Butter Basics

•  If the recipe calls for butter to be “creamed” with sugar as it does in many cookies recipes, add the butter powder sugar and water (just the water to rehydrate the butter) and cream that.  This takes longer than you think it should.   You need to leave the mixer running until the mixture is really creamed not just mixed.  
• If the recipe calls for butter to be “cut in” as it does in many biscuit recipes.  Just stir the butter powder into the dry ingredients with a whisk then add the water to rehydrate with the wet ingredients.
• Butter powder does not fry or sauté well.
• The shelf life of butter powder is short.  For sealed cans the optimal shelf life is 5 years.  Once opened it is 9 months. 

These are the measurement I use when working with powdered butter.  I do not use the instructions on the can. 

Amount of butter needed	Amount of Butter powder	Amount of water
½ c.	3/4 c.	3 T.
1 cup	1 ½ cup	6 Tablespoons
2 cups	3  cups	¾   cup

How to Use Butter Powder to Make Honey Butter for Your Toast

 

Honey Butter 1 ¼ cup butter powder 1 cup honey ¼ c water 1 c powder sugar 1 t vanilla Using wire whisk or Kitchen Aid beat ingredients until creamy.

Coconut Honey Butter  -Try on coconut pancakes 2 C honey ¾ c butter powder ½ c coconut chopped 1 tsp. coconut extract 2 to 4 TBSP water Using wire whisk or Kitchen Aid beat ingredients until creamy.

Raspberry Butter -Try on fresh rolls or waffles ½ c butter powder 1 Tbsp. sugar ½ c freeze dried raspberries 2 TBSP  water Using wire whisk or Kitchen Aid beat ingredients until creamy.

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Butter- Try as a filling for stuffed French toast or Crepes 4 oz. cream cheese, softened ¼ cup butter powder ½ c powdered sugar 1 tsp. vanilla ¼ tsp. cinnamon 2 TBSP water Using wire whisk or Kitchen Aid beat ingredients until creamy.

My Favorite Butter Powder Recipes

White Chocolate Orange Dream Cookies  

This post talks about baking with powdered butter.

       

Apricot Pie Bars

This post talks about using 1/2 fresh butter and 1/2 powdered butter. 

Magic Mix Using Powdered Butter

This post talks about using powdered butter in a white sauce AND making mixes using powdered butter.