Easy Honey Butter Recipe

Name: Easy Honey Butter
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: ½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature); 2 tbsp honey; ¼ tsp salt

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Easy Honey Butter is delicious on toast, muffins, and biscuits. This recipe is subtly sweet and packed with honey flavor.

A small white bowl filled with honey butter and drizzled with additional honey.

Butter is good on just about everything. Add a little honey to the already versatile ingredient and you have yourself something special. This easy butter recipe is delicious spread onto a multitude of foods, especially toast and warm biscuits.

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Ingredients
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Easy Honey Butter

Ingredients

This butter recipe is a combination of 3 things:

Unsalted Butter - This recipe calls for unsalted butter. If you make this with salted butter, omit the ¼ teaspoon of salt.
Honey - Any liquid honey will do
Salt - Preferably Kosher 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.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does honey butter last?

If stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator, it lasts for up to 2 weeks.

What is honey butter used for?

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.

Can I serve honey butter straight from the refrigerator?

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 easier to spread as well.

Do I have to use unsalted butter?

Nope, you can use salted butter. Omit the added salt in this recipe.

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A bowl of butter garnished with honey served with a loaf of bread and a butter knife.

I hope you enjoy this easy honey butter recipe. It is absolutely delicious slathered on toast or biscuits. But as specified above, it goes well with just about everything.