Creamy, salty, tangy, and sweet. This balanced honey butter takes 3 ingredients and 3 minutes to make with just a bowl and a spoon. It's silky-smooth and so dreamy!
"Too much butter" said no one ever. This addictive honey butter is the sweet counterpart to flavored butters such as creamy homemade basil butter. If you love the floral, bright flavor of honey (like in this honey cream cheese frosting) you're going to adore this easy honey butter recipe!
It's:
- balanced-tasting - salty, tangy, and just sweet enough
- floral & bright
- silky-smooth
- so versatile
- easy to make with 3 ingredients in minutes
This recipe is the ideal accompaniment to any hot, buttery baked good. I especially love it melting over flaky gluten-free buttermilk biscuits and spread on slices of super-moist gluten-free cornbread. Bonus that it's incredibly easy to make – maybe a little *too* easy if I'm being honest...
Ingredients
This recipe uses just 3 ingredients which create something greater than the sum of its parts. See the recipe card below for the full quantities and instructions!
- Butter forms the base of the recipe, so be sure to use butter that's fresh, with a clean flavor. My go-to brands are Straus and Vermont Creamery. For dairy-free, use plant butter and decrease the salt.
- Honey adds sweetness as well as acidity. I used a light-colored wildflower honey here, but feel free to try other flavorful honeys of your choice!
- Salt sharpens the flavors. I found 1/4 teaspoon to be just the right amount, but feel free to dial this up or down to your taste.
How to make it
This recipe comes together in minutes with a bowl and a spoon. It makes about 3/4 cup of honey butter.
How to enjoy it
This honey butter is so balanced and delicious, you'll want to eat it on everything. Here are some of my favorite pairings:
- Drizzle it over popcorn for kettle corn vibes
- Spread it on toast or rice cakes for a quick snack
- Serve it with gluten-free almond flour scones for a teatime treat
- Melt it over gluten-free pancakes, lacy almond flour crepes, or corn flour waffles for breakfast
- Swirl it over these moist, tender almond flour banana muffins.
However you enjoy this honey butter, I hope it becomes a staple in your kitchen like it has in mine!
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3-Minute Homemade Honey Butter
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- 8 tablespoons (113 g) unsalted butter, at soft room temperature
- ¼ cup (84 g) runny honey
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
Instructions
- Place the softened butter in a medium-sized bowl and stir until smooth.
- Stir in the honey and salt.
- For whipped honey butter, beat vigorously for 1-2 minutes until fluffy.
- Transfer to a jar and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks, or freeze for longer storage.
Notes
- For dairy-free honey butter, use a dairy-free butter that you like the taste of, and add the salt to taste if the vegan butter is salty.
- For cinnamon, cardamom, or pumpkin spice honey butter, stir in 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon of spice, to your taste.
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