Garlic Butter

Butter on bread is great.  Flavored butter is even better!  It's so easy to make just about any kind of flavoring.  Lately, our family seems to be on an Italian food kick.  (Mostly an American version of Italian food, though we do make some authentic recipes from time to time!)  Last night I made some lasagna...using homemade pasta...and I decided to make some flavored butter to go along with our loaf of french bread.  It was delicious.  So good, in fact, that my youngest confessed to me that while her Dad was saying the blessing and we all had our eyes closed, she was busy licking the butter off her bread! Play around with the flavors as you like, you simply can't go wrong!

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter, somewhat softened
1 tsp. garlic powder (or more; also feel free to add fresh, minced garlic if you want a stronger flavor)
1/4 c. Parmesan cheese
pinch of salt
black pepper (however much you want)
Italian seasonings (again, however much you want)

Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix until combined.  Spread on your favorite bread.  Great to place on bread and then toast, too, for homemade garlic bread!