Honey Butter Recipe

Learn how to make completely addictive sweet butter with just 3 simple ingredients. This whipped Honey Butter Recipe is made with unsalted butter, pure clover honey and kosher salt. It’s deliciously creamy and slightly sweet. 

This homemade honey butter recipe is one you’ll want to keep in your back pocket. It’s simple to make and it’s great to serve with homemade cornbread, biscuits, muffins, and more. It will quickly become one of your favorite flavored butter recipes to serve at breakfast, Sunday dinner or for the holidays.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Great Flavor. Honey butter has a perfect balace of salty and sweet.
• Simple To Make. Made with 3 ingredients and it comes together in about 5 minutes. You’ll need a mixing bowl and a hand mixer.  This flavored butter recipe can be made 2-3 days in advance. Just store in an airtight container and then when you’re ready to serve it set it out at room temperature to soften for 15-30 minutes before serving. 

Honey Butter Recipe Ingredients

• Unsalted Butter. We use unsalted butter for this recipe. 
• Honey. We love to use pure clover honey, but use whatever honey you like best.
• Salt. We add a little kosher salt. You can use sea salt if that’s what you have on hand.

Find printable recipe with the measurements below.

How To Make Honey Butter

• Whip Butter.  Remove the stick of butter from the refrigerator and set out to soften at room temperature for 15-30 minutes so it will mix easily. Beat the butter for 1-2 minutes until its creamy.
• Add Honey.  Add the honey and salt and beat another 1-2 minutes until  the honey is well incorporated.
• Serve. We like to serve flavored butters in small crocks or ramekins.

What To Serve With Whipped Honey Butter

Whipped honey butter makes just about everything it touches taste better. Serve it with warm homemade cornbread, biscuits, muffins, toast, pancakes, waffles, French toast, corn on the cob, roasted carrots, sweet potatoes, oatmeal and baked oatmeal.

How To Store Leftover Honey Butter

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator. If properly stored, it will last up to 1 week.

More Flavored Butter Recipes

• Roasted Garlic Butter
• Garlic Butter Sauce

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Yield: 8 Servings

Honey Butter Recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Learn how to make completely addictive sweet butter with just 3 simple ingredients. This whipped Honey Butter Recipe is made with unsalted butter, pure clover honey and kosher salt. It's deliciously creamy and slightly sweet. 

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup pure clover honey
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Instructions

1. Remove the stick of butter from the refrigerator and set out to soften at room temperature for 15-30 minutes so it will mix easily. Beat the butter for 1-2 minutes until its creamy.
2. Add the honey and salt and beat another 1-2 minutes until  the honey is well incorporated into the butter,
3. We like to serve flavored butters in small crocks or ramekins.
4. Store the whipped honey butter in an airtight container in the refrigerator. If properly stored, it should last up to 1 week.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 137Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 72mgCarbohydrates: 7gFiber: 0gSugar: 6gProtein: 0g

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