Not-Margarine Spread Recipe

Makes approx. 2 pounds

Ingredients:

• 1 pound butter (one box/four sticks, I use unsalted sweet cream butter but you could try salted/local/organic/homemade)
• 1 1/2 cups olive oil (I use extra virgin)
• 1/2 cup coconut oil (I use extra virgin unrefined)
• dash salt (whatever kind you like, I use sea salt)

Directions:

1. I try to make this when I am simmering something so I can use the warm stove to soften the coconut oil. You can take out the butter early to soften at room temperature without hurting anything, some people just leave their butter out, but coconut oil needs to be warmer. If you aren’t patient enough to soften you will get lumps.
2. You can use a blender or food processor to blend your spread. My blender has cup marks on the jar, so I just use that and eyeball it.
3. Put olive oil in blender.
4. Add coconut oil to make two cups.
5. Add your four sticks of butter.
6. Add a dash of salt, more if your family likes more. You can also add a dash of sugar.
7. The more oil you add the softer and more spreadable it will be, but also the more it will taste like olive oil.
8. You can taste the coconut oil, but it isn’t any stronger than the olive oil. I love coconut, so it works for me.
9. Blend/liquify until your spread is uniform. This may take some coaxing, or adding a little olive oil until you get that vortex in the middle thing.
10. You should not have any lumps at this point.
11. Pour into your container. You can refill a margarine tub, or use a couple mason jars. When cooled it may have lumps (just think, nuggets of coconut tastiness).
12. Store in the fridge.
13. Cold from the fridge it will be vaguely spreadable, but at room temp it is fine, and if it really bothers you you can increase the oil.
14. You can’t use this as a substitute in baking, but we use butter or coconut oil so we don’t miss that.
15. This is especially lovely on sweet bread, or french toast, or adds flavor to grilled cheese.