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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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  • Craig N Williams
    October 30, 2021

    O.M.G. you’ve single handedly changed the way I cook! I now have changed all my recipes to yours! Your Recipe are much easier and tastes 100 times better! This Honey Cinnamon Butter is an Awesome addition to my collection!
    Thank you so much Natasha, I’m a hit at work and in the neighborhood!!!

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    • Natashas Kitchen
      November 1, 2021

      Aww, that’s the best! Thank you so much for sharing that with me, Craig. I’m all smiles

      Reply

  • Lisa
    October 21, 2021

    How do you get your butter to look like petals and not just a clump of butter

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    • Natashas Kitchen
      October 21, 2021

      Hi Lisa, We piped it for the main photo! You’re welcome to pipe it also when serving. We usually just spread it.

      Reply

  • Lorinner
    March 8, 2021

    Hi..is the butter at room temperature or right out of the fridge? Thanks.

    Reply

    • Natasha
      March 9, 2021

      Hi Lorinner, I like to serve it at room temperature but I do refrigerate if I”m not using it within a day or two and let it soften before serving.

      Reply

  • Cathy
    December 28, 2020

    I made this today and it is Delicious!!! Best honey butter recipe ever! I did add a splash of bourbon barrel maple syrup instead of vanilla. Always great recipes….Thank you!!

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      December 28, 2020

      You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Cathy!

      Reply

    • FHO
      March 5, 2021

      Amazing! Thanks for the suggestion!

      Reply

      • Natashas Kitchen
        March 6, 2021

        I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

        Reply

        • sheila K garlington
          November 20, 2023

          I normally have a problem with the butter clumping up and seperating. Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong? I am going to try your recipe this Thanksgiving. Can’t wait. Thank you.

          Reply

          • NatashasKitchen.com
            November 20, 2023

            The butter should be room temperature and whipped until fluffy. If your butter is too cold, this could be the cause.

  • Heather
    October 29, 2020

    Love the honey butter, but I want to fancy it up for a fancy dinner. Can I pipe it into dishes?

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      October 29, 2020

      Hi Heather! Depending on the dish I bet that could work! If you experiment I would love to know what you liked!

      Reply

  • Shirley Greer
    September 5, 2020

    I made the banana raised walnut bread and made the honey butter to put on it and let me just say that its so amazing that I will be making much more and making loads for my family and friends for the holidays thank you soooo much for these delightful recipes

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      September 5, 2020

      You’re welcome, Shirley! I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe!

      Reply

  • Mary Smith
    August 17, 2020

    Natasha, do you have a good zucchini bread recipe? Thank you!

    Reply

  • Sabrina
    July 21, 2020

    Hi Natasha, what kind of bread would you recommend to make for this butter? It looks really good!

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      July 21, 2020

      Hi Sabrina! I hope you love this recipe! Here are our favorite bread recipes! Also, one of our readers wrote in trying this with corn bread.

      Reply

  • Ava Katarina
    July 6, 2020

    I made this honey butter and it is so good! I shared it with my family and they thought that it was delicious! I will absolutely make it again next time. Thank you for sharing this pin! Have a good day!

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      July 6, 2020

      You’re welcome, Ava! Thank you for that lovely comment! I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe!

      Reply

  • Chris
    February 16, 2020

    Perfect on bakes sweet potatoes too! Yum!

    Reply

    • Natasha's Kitchen
      February 16, 2020

      Thank you for your comments, Chris!

      Reply

  • Susana Campos
    December 23, 2019

    Excellent recipe Natashas congratulations, I always try to eat healthy and look for the best foods and recipes, I would like to know if these butters thehoneyblossom if you have tried and if you recommend them? Greetings.

    Reply

  • Vicki W Eubanks
    November 27, 2019

    DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! Honey Butter

    Having with my yeast rolls tomorrow at Thanksgiving.

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      November 27, 2019

      Isn’t it the best, Vicki! I hope you love this recipe!

      Reply

  • Amy
    October 26, 2019

    Hi! I’m just wondering how you achieved the whipped frosting-like effect for the main photo. Did you use a piping tube? Thanks so much!

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      October 26, 2019

      Great question, Amy! We piped it for the main photo.

      Reply

      • Amy
        October 26, 2019

        Awesome, thanks for sharing!

        Reply

        • Natashas Kitchen
          October 26, 2019

          You’re welcome!

          Reply

      • Lisa
        October 21, 2021

        Do you have a video showing How do you do that piping method I have never tried doing that and I would love to watch the demonstration first

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        • Natashas Kitchen
          October 21, 2021

          Hi Lisa, I don’t have a video tutorial of that at this time. I used a piping tip to pipe the butter for the main photo.

          Reply

  • Valery
    October 24, 2019

    Hey Natasha I’ve been coming to your site lately and it shows me this recipe that you updated last for the past month. I know you post it new ones saw on Instagram but it’s not showing me other new receipies that you post on your website. Wonder why

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    • Natasha
      October 24, 2019

      Hi Valery, I am working on getting to the bottom of why that is happening. Can you check the homepage now and let me know if that is still happening for you? Our most recent post currently is Roasted Sweet Potatoes and tomorrow (Friday) we are posting apple pie. Are you seeing the sweet potatoes?

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      • Valery
        October 25, 2019

        Just now checked again and still is the honey butter not showing any new posts. Hope you can fix it I hate to miss your receipes Thanks for YouTube I watch your videos there !

        Reply

  • Anna P
    October 9, 2019

    Apparently everyone named Anna loves this butter, lol! I halved the recipe and just used softened butter rather than a mixer to see how we like it, but I have a feeling I’ll be making it again very soon.

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    • Natashas Kitchen
      October 9, 2019

      Thank you so much for sharing that with me, Anna!

      Reply

  • Anna
    October 4, 2019

    All your recipes are awesome..
    .really worth making, just don’t have enough time…

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      October 4, 2019

      I’m so glad you enjoyed our recipes!

      Reply

  • Kristyn
    October 1, 2019

    This is so much better than regular butter!! The honey, cinnamon, & vanilla add so much! It’s great on so many things!

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    • Natashas Kitchen
      October 1, 2019

      Isn’t it the best, Kristyn! Thank you for that awesome review!

      Reply

  • Julie Blanner
    October 1, 2019

    I can tell this going to be a staple this fall in our house! It looks so simple to make and delicious!

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    • Natashas Kitchen
      October 1, 2019

      That’s so great, Julie!

      Reply

  • Eden
    October 1, 2019

    This honey butter is so easy to make but adds a ton of flavor! We served it with corn bread and it was PERFECTION! Can’t wait to make it again!!

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      October 1, 2019

      I bet that is so delicious over Corn Bread!

      Reply

  • Anna
    October 1, 2019

    This butter is delicious! Perfect on a toasted bagel!

    Reply

    • Natashas Kitchen
      October 1, 2019

      Thank you so much for sharing that with us, Anna! I can almost taste it over a bagel.

      Reply

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