Easy Honey Butter is delicious on toast, muffins, and biscuits. This recipe is subtly sweet and packed with honey flavor.
Butter is good on just about everything. Add a little honey to the versatile ingredient, and you have something special. This easy butter recipe is delicious and spread onto many foods, especially toast and warm biscuits.
I hope you enjoy this easy honey butter recipe. It is delicious slathered on toast or biscuits. But as specified above, it goes well with just about everything.
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Ingredients
- Unsalted Butter - This recipe calls for unsalted butter. If you make this with salted butter, omit the ¼ teaspoon salt.
- Honey - Any liquid honey will do
- Salt - Preferably Kosher Salt
See the recipe card for ingredient quantities.
Instructions
- Whip the butter in the bowl of a standing mixer with the paddle attachment until soft and fluffy.
- Add the honey and salt, and whip until well combined. Remove from the bowl and drizzle with additional honey, if desired.
- Use immediately, or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Honey Butter Variations
This butter recipe is a simple one, which means it is versatile. Here are a few recipe adaptation ideas:
- Sweetened Butter: Add ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract and 1 tablespoon of confectioners' sugar to this recipe
- Cinnamon Honey Butter: Add ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- "Hot" Honey Butter - Add ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper and/or substitute hot honey for the regular honey
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- Fluffy Peanut Butter Frosting
Frequently Asked Questions
If stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator, it lasts for up to 2 weeks.
Ultimately, this condiment goes well with just about anything. It is delicious on muffins, like these Banana Walnut Protein Muffins, biscuits, crackers, scones, sweet potatoes, toast, cornbread, and pancakes.
It's best to allow the honey butter to come to room temperature before using it. You not only taste the honey flavors more prominently at room temperature, but it is also easier to spread.
Nope, you can use salted butter. Omit the added salt in this recipe.
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📖 Recipe
Easy Honey Butter
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 tablespoon honey
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In the bowl of a standing mixer with the paddle attachment, whip the butter until soft and fluffy.
- Add the honey and salt, and whip until well combined. Remove from the bowl and drizzle with additional honey, if desired.
- Use immediately, or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
- You can mix by hand or use a handheld mixer as well.
- If using salted butter, omit the added salt.
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