I’ve been really behind in my blog reading lately. There are so many posts and so little time!
This week I spent a few evenings catching up on some of my favourite blogs and came across this post by Jamie at My Baking Addiction. I started reading the post because A. I love her blog, and B. I’m obsessed with Cranberry Bliss Bars. But what really caught my attention was the contest. My Baking Addiction and Good Life Eats are giving away Kerry Gold Butter.
Yes, butter. My favourite ingredient. Clearly I had to enter.
All we had to do to enter the contest was post one of our favourite recipes that use butter. I racked my brain for something to post. For some reason everything I thought of had butter in the name, Buttered Rum, Buttered Popcorn, Butter Cookies. And then it hit me, Butterscotch!
There are a lot of butterscotch recipes out there, all fairly similar. For this recipe I based myself on recipes from David Lebovits and Joy of Baking. I decided to give this recipe a local twist by adding some Gelinotte, a maple liqueur made in Quebec, instead of scotch. Butterscotch does’t actually require alcohol, the name is believed to come from the words butter scorched.
Come join the fun at the My Baking Addiction and Good Life Eats Holiday Recipe Swap sponsored by KerryGold. Voting begins December 19th at 12AM. Please visit either site and vote for your favourite recipe (hopefully mine!)
Maple Butterscotch
- 4 tablespoons butter, salted or unsalted
- 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 cups whole milk
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons Gelinotte Maple Liqueur (if unavailable use whiskey or rum, or omit the alcohol)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Melt the butter in a medium sized saucepan. Stir in the sugar, maple syrup and salt. Set aside.
- In a small bowl mix the cornstarch with 1/4 cup of the milk until the cornstarch is completely dissolved. Whisk in the egg yolks.
- Slowly pour the remaining milk into the butter and sugar, whisking constantly. Then add the cornstarch mixture.
- Return the saucepan to the heat. Whisk constantly until the mixture starts to boil. Lower the heat and continue to whisk for one minute. The mixture should be quite thick.
- Pour into 4 serving bowls and chill for at least four hours.
Enjoy!
Lynn, these are gorgeous. Butter is one of my fave ingredients too, and these puddings will definitely be a contender in the contest. I will vote for it for sure!
Gorgeous! I love love love this recipe, the flavors are perfect! Good luck on the butter!
I love butterscotch. I bet these would be great. You should share this over at http://www.dishfolio.com
Thanks for the tip! I’m submitting right now.
Good luck on the competition. This pudding is surely a winner!
This flavor combination sounds fantastic! Good luck in the contest!
This pudding looks delicious! I’ve never heard of Maple liqueur, but it’s the holidays and it sounds wonderful!
Wow, this pudding sounds delicious! Yum!!!
Hi Lynn, your maple butterscoth pudding looks divine. I certainly can’t wait to try it out. Definitely bookmarking your recipes. They are so fun and sure a challenge for me to try out. What an inspiration. Btw, I’ve responded back a comment to you in my blog.
URL: http://chicgorgeous.blogspot.com/2010/12/part-2-christmas-giveaway-and-chocolate.html?
Just a quick note, I’ve added in Canada, as I stupidly accidentally left it out. All the best.. and I sure hope anyone of you foodies will be the lucky winner.
Thanks for stopping by my blog.. really appreciate it lots! Huggs..Jo
Lovely! Mmmm…maple…so good.
That looks great. It has been so long since I had pudding.
Looks delicious! Your pics are great!
Oh wow! Butterscotch and maple are my two all time favorite flavors. I think if I ate them together my head might explode. YUM!
My mouth is watering already. Thanks for the great post.
I love nothing more than taking that first spoonful of pudding. It looks silky and smooth. Looks amazing!
I love butter too :) I buy it every other day and it all disappears in a very mysterious way… I suspect it lands somewhere in the area where my waist once used to be :-p anyway, this pudding sounds gorgeous. Now as I finally have two bottles of maple syrup, I’m adding this recipe to my bookmarks instead of adding it to the list titled “foods I will never make myself”!
oh wow, that looks indulgent. yummm
Just caught this in Foodbuzz Daily Special. WOW! My kind of pudding. I absolutely LOVE butterscotch! Have saved the recipe!
Found you through Food Buzz. Find your writing delightful and real as I peruse your blog and this pudding fabulous looking. I like that you gave it a local twist with the liqueur.
I lied. I found you through Food Gawker. Sorry! Thought I would correct it in case it makes any difference it you.
Oh please, don’t say Autumn!!! It’s still smmuer for a few days here and I don’t want to think about cold days…I ADORE the colors of the curtains in the second picture!!bobbi