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Honey Butter Recipe

Honey butter is so easy to whip up and it is such a treat with dinner rolls, melted over warm banana bread or spread on pumpkin bread! We add a touch of cinnamon for a whipped cinnamon honey butter.

You can make this days ahead so it is perfect for holiday entertaining. It feels fancy but making flavored butter is easier than you think and takes less than 5 minutes. Try it over a loaf of home-baked Crusty French Bread – yum!

Honey butter piped into blue bowl

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Honey Butter Recipe:

What is Honey Butter? It is essentially softened butter that is whipped and sweetened with honey. Other flavorings can be added, like a dash of vanilla extract and cinnamon. The cinnamon is optional but we love it during the cooler Autumn and winter months. This has the simplest ingredients:

Ingredients for honey butter recipe with unsalted butter, honey, vanilla and cinnamon

How to Make Honey Butter:

This flavored butter is a 4-minute recipe and doesn’t get any easier. All you need is a mixing bowl and an electric hand mixer.

  1. Beat butter until fluffy (3 minutes)
  2. Beat in honey, vanilla extract, and cinnamon (if using).

How to make honey butter by beating butter with honey, cinnamon and vanilla

What to Serve with Sweet Butter:

Honey butter elevates breakfast dishes and bread. This is very similar to the Texas Roadhouse cinnamon butter that is served with dinner rolls that everyone loves.

This sweet butter is an easy way to dress up breakfast. Imagine biting through a generous layer of honey-flavored butter and into the softest pumpkin bread (recipe coming soon). It’s almost like a frosting. We especially love to serve it on:

Sweet butter served on pumpkin bread

How to Store Honey Butter:

This keeps well at room temperature (70˚F or cooler) and covered for up to 2 days. To make it last longer, cover and refrigerate sweet butter up to 2 weeks. You can even freeze it up to 2 months. Bring to room temperature before serving.

Flavored butter in ramekin with honey stick

Flavored Butter Mix-In Ideas:

You can change up the flavor of honey butter with different spices, extracts, and even fruit-flavored jam. Let me know if you try any new flavor combinations that you love. I’m also so curious about what you love to serve it with.

Try this: make a variety of sweet-flavored butter and serve them next to this gorgeous Wreath Bread. Everyone will be so impressed. Flavored butter is such a treat for entertaining and is perfect for the holiday table.

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Honey Butter Recipe

5 from 57 votes
Honey butter in a blue bowl with honey stick
Honey Butter is so easy to whip up and it is such a treat for breakfast and the holidays! We add a touch of cinnamon for a whipped cinnamon honey butter.
Prep Time: 4 minutes
Total Time: 4 minutes

Ingredients 

Servings: 12 as a spread (makes 3/4 cup)

Instructions

  • Start by whipping the butter in a medium bowl with an electric hand mixer for 3 minutes until it's fluffy.
  • Add honey, vanilla extract and cinnamon (if using) and beat another minute until incorporated.

Nutrition Per Serving

90kcal Calories6g Carbs1g Protein8g Fat5g Saturated Fat20mg Cholesterol1mg Sodium4mg Potassium1g Fiber6g Sugar236IU Vitamin A2mg Calcium1mg Iron
Nutrition Facts
Honey Butter Recipe
Amount per Serving
Calories
90
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
8
g
12
%
Saturated Fat
 
5
g
31
%
Cholesterol
 
20
mg
7
%
Sodium
 
1
mg
0
%
Potassium
 
4
mg
0
%
Carbohydrates
 
6
g
2
%
Fiber
 
1
g
4
%
Sugar
 
6
g
7
%
Protein
 
1
g
2
%
Vitamin A
 
236
IU
5
%
Calcium
 
2
mg
0
%
Iron
 
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Dip, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: honey butter
Skill Level: Easy
Cost to Make: $
Calories: 90
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  • Greene Rochelle
    October 15, 2024

    Can I use salted butter for this recipe?
    That’s all I have.

    Reply

    • NatashasKitchen.com
      October 15, 2024

      Hi there! You can, but it will alter the taste just a bit due to the salt.

      Reply

  • Cheryl
    December 25, 2023

    Paired this with your Milk Bread Rolls recipe from your new cookbook per our 18 year old son’s request for Christmas dinner(he gifted me your cookbook for Christmas!) – AMAZING as expected! He’s always been an exceptionally picky eater – but any recipe of yours is an absolute hit with him! This is a keeper for sure!

    Reply

    • Natasha's Kitchen
      December 25, 2023

      Aaaw that’s super nice! Glad that you received my cookbook as a gift. Hope you’ll enjoy all of the recipes that you will try!

      Reply

  • Shayla
    February 2, 2023

    Can I make this with homemade butter made from heavy cream how would I go about doing that?

    Reply

    • Natasha's Kitchen
      February 2, 2023

      Hi Shayla, I honestly cannot guarantee that since I haven’t tested that to advise. I hope it works fine if you do an experiment!

      Reply

  • K
    December 7, 2022

    What piping tip did you use? I’ll be making this for Christmas morning pancakes!

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      December 7, 2022

      Hi K, I used am open star piping tip to pipe the butter for the main photo.

      Reply

  • Catherine
    October 22, 2022

    I’v been looking for a Honey butter recipe since the olden days you used to buy it in a Cardboard container This sound like it for sure (giving away my age haha) Thanks can wait to try it Yummy

    Reply

    • Natasha's Kitchen
      October 24, 2022

      You’re welcome, I hope this becomes your new go-to recipe!

      Reply

  • Craig Mezey
    October 22, 2022

    I would love to make your flavored butter, but how do I get the recipe?

    Reply

    • Natasha's Kitchen
      October 24, 2022

      Hi Craig, this is the recipe (flavored butter)

      Reply

  • Michele
    April 3, 2022

    Family loved it. Made this recipe tonight with some of our locally produced Tupelo honey. Yummy 😋

    Reply

    • Natasha's Kitchen
      April 3, 2022

      Sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing that with us, Michelle.

      Reply

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