All-Purpose Herbed Butter

• 1 cup butter, room temperature (1/2 pound)
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh chives, snipped or 1 tablespoon green onion, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced (optional)
• 1 pinch fresh thyme, chopped or 1 pinch dried thyme
• 1 dash lemon juice
• fresh ground white pepper

1. Whip room temperature butter with a fork in a bowl.
2. Blend in parsley, chives or green onion, garlic if using, thyme, lemon juice, and white pepper to taste.
3. On wax paper, shape mixture into a log. Wrap again in plastic wrap and chill until serving time. Or just use plastic wrap but wrap the log twice.
4. Chill in refrigerator until serving time.
5. Or bag, label with date, and freeze. To use, simply slice off as much as you need, then rewrap and store remainder in freezer until needed next time.

butter, fresh parsley, fresh chives, garlic, fresh thyme, lemon juice, fresh ground white pepper

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/all-purpose-herbed-butter-190648 (may not work)