beurre d'orange

our neighbors had us over for a pancake breakfast earlier this summer and oolala can they whip up a mad batch of silver dollars (his mother's recipe) that were served with beurre d'orange (a fancy way of saying orange butter - i'm stuck on fancy nancy speak - lots of reading sessions lately) and syrup. 

there's a slew of recipes out there, but we prefer ours with orange zest, juice, a dash of honey and vanilla.  orange butter it is for all future pancakes breakfast in chez moi.