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 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.
What is in this Easy Honey Butter?
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 1/4 tsp of salt.
- Honey – Any liquid honey will do
- Salt – Preferably Kosher Salt

How to make Honey Butter:
- 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.
Butter Variations:
This butter recipe is a simple one, which means it is versatile. Here are a few recipe adaptation ideas:
- Sweetened Butter: Add 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract and 1 tbsp of confectioners’ sugar to this recipe
- Cinnamon Honey Butter: Add 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- “Hot” Honey Butter – Add 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper and/or substitute hot honey for the regular honey

FAQ
If stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator, it lasts for up to 2 weeks.
Ultimately, this condiment goes good with just about anything. It is delicious on 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 easier to spread as well.
Nope, you can use salted butter. Omit the added salt in this recipe.
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- Easy Honey Cornbread
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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.

Easy Honey Butter
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 tbsp honey
- ¼ tsp 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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