This is a super simple 5 minute vanilla honey butter spread tastes amazing on cornbread, rolls, biscuits, pancakes, and more!
It's not a whipped honey butter recipe, it's even easier than that! This makes enough honey butter to use on a 9x9 inch batch of warm Honey Butter Cornbread or Sourdough Discard Cornbread, so make sure to double it for company or a large group.
This is a super delicious vanilla honey butter spread with NO powdered sugar or marshmallow fluff, although you could do that as a yummy variation. We're keeping it a simple, traditional honey butter.
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Why We Love This Recipe
- SO EASY. It's as simple as softening the butter and mixing the ingredients together in the right order so they don't separate.
- Not whipped, no need to get the mixer dirty! Also, easy to whip if that's what tickles your fancy.
- Easy to customize! See the variations below to get some ideas on fun ways to make this honey butter unique to you!
🛒 Key Ingredients
- This recipe uses salted butter which is absolutely essential for flavor!
- I like to put in a good quality vanilla extract, but you can leave it out if you don't want it in your honey butter. Honey butter with vanilla is divine though, I wouldn't skip it!
- Honey! You can use raw honey or regular store bought honey.
🆒 Variations
- Add a ½ teaspoon (or more) of cinnamon to make cinnamon honey butter just like at Texas Roadhouse.
- Add ½ teaspoon of coconut extract for a coconut flavored honey butter.
- Add pumpkin pie spice to make it even fancier.
- Use all maple syrup, or do half honey and half maple for a maple honey butter!
- Add 2-3 Tablespoons of Marshmallow fluff for more of a whipped honey butter texture.
🧑🍳 Instructions
It's not hard to learn how to make honey butter! Keep in mind you need to start out with softened butter!
You can either leave it out at room temperature for a few hours to soften or you can warm it in the microwave for about 10 seconds.
Step 1. Add the honey to the softened butter and mix together with a small whisk or fork. Keep mixing until the honey is all the way mixed in and the butter turns smooth and creamy.
Step 2. Add the vanilla extract and mix well until it's completely mixed in.
Whipped Honey Butter Instructions
- Using the same ingredients, mix the softened butter with an electric mixer using the whisk attachment on high speed for about 2 minutes, until it's light and fluffy.
- Add in the honey and vanilla and whip for another 2 minutes.
📌 Tips for Success
- Make sure to use butter that is softened to room temperature, not hard and cold, and not melted.
- You can adjust sweetness! Start by mixing in only 2 Tablespoons of honey and keep going one at a time until you reach about 5 if you want it sweeter.
- If the honey butter spread is too runny, pop it in the fridge or freezer for a couple of minutes to firm it up to your liking.
- If you have crystallized or hardened honey in the pantry you need to use, you can warm it in 10-20 second increments in the microwave to turn it to liquid again.
❓Frequently Asked Questions
• On a big slice of Lemon Poppy Seed Zucchini Bread
• With Strawberry Banana Bread
• Over baked sweet potatoes or carrots
• Over toast, English muffins, rolls, pancakes, or Banana Sourdough Muffins.
It's best served soft at room temperature, but can be refrigerated for up to 1 month. Make sure to soften it and stir well before serving after refrigeration.
Yes, once the honey and butter are mixed together it's safe to leave it out for a few days at room temperature. After that, it's best to refrigerate it to prevent the honey butter from turning rancid or stale tasting.
Yes! Honey butter can be made with unsalted butter, and add in ¼ teaspoon of salt if you wish.
Things you can Eat Honey Butter With
We like to *generously* spread it over several delicious things like Sourdough Discard Banana Bread, but here are a few of our other favorites to drizzle it over.
📝 Printable Recipe
Honey Butter Spread
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted butter softened
- ⅓ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Make sure your butter is softened, then mix the honey into the butter (start with less if you want it less sweet) using a fork or spoon until it's smooth and creamy, it make take a minute or two.
- Add in the vanilla extract and mix it in until the butter is smooth and creamy again.Serve over warm breads, pancakes, sweet potatoes, etc. Enjoy! If the honey butter is too runny, pop it in the freezer for a few minutes to thicken it up.
Dingo says
This recipe is really sweet! For those who like that heavy sweet tooth ( like my kids). This would be what you are looking for!
Brian Solomons says
This is absolutely delicious. It's a kind of caramel butter without any of the hassle of caramel making. Thank you!
Sara says
So glad you like it, and YES it does remind me of caramel! Thanks for coming back to tell me Brian, I always appreciate it.