Whipped honey butter is a rich, creamy and fluffy spread made with savory butter creamed together with sweet and floral honey. This homemade sweet and salty spread takes minutes to make and is the perfect topping for all your favorite breakfast and brunch dishes.
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Why Should You Make This Recipe
I love adding flavorful and easy topping to breakfast or brunch dishes to really make them shine. My Maple Butter, Chocolate Whipped Cream and Strawberry Whipped Cream are all super easy and delicious toppings. I am so excited to add this homemade honey butter recipe to the blog. I know you’ll love it just as much as I do because:
- It’s quick and easy to make. This whipped honey flavored butter takes about 5 minutes to make. Just mix together good quality butter with honey and powdered sugar.
- Easy way to bring sweet and salt flavor to breakfast and brunch. This whipped butter with honey is the perfect topping for anything from Sweet Cream Pancakes, Blueberry Cornbread, 2 Ingredient Biscuits, Brown Butter Banana Bread or Cinnamon Muffins.
Ingredients
This homemade butter with honey is made from simple basic pantry ingredients. Here’s what you need.
Gather butter, honey and powdered sugar.
Substitutions
This simple honey butter spread is meant to be quick and easy, but sometimes you may not have everything on hand. If you need them, here are my recommended substitutions for this recipe:
- Unsalted Butter: Use a good quality butter for the tastiest results. I love using Kerry Gold. Feel free to use salted butter or a plant based butter. If using salted, omit the added salt.
- Honey: Use your preferred honey. Make sure the honey has a nice, strong honey flavor for the best whipped honey butter.
- Powdered Sugar: Add some powdered sugar acts as a stabilizer for the butter. It also creates a smoother and creamier texture.
How To Make
Learn how to make whipped honey butter in a two easy steps.
- Place the room temperature butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment. With the mixer set to low, smooth the butter across the bottom of the bowl. Increase the speed to high for 1 - 2 minutes or until the butter becomes light and fluffy. Once the butter is light and fluffy mix in the honey and powdered sugar on low for about 30 seconds or until well combined. Then increase the speed to medium - medium high speed for 1 - 2 minutes. For fluffier honey butter, continue to cream the honey and butter mixture for about 5 minutes.
- Transfer the creamed honey and butter to a serving dish. Top with more honey and a sprinkle of flaky salt if you like.
How To Serve and Store
- Serve: This creamy whipped butter with honey is best served with any dish you would normally want to add butter and something sweet such as cornbread, pancakes, muffins, french toast or waffles. Try adding honey butter to savory dishes such as roasted veggies or add to a marinade to add another layer of flavor to meat.
- Store: This honey butter spread can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to one month.
- Freeze: Place the honey butter in a freezer safe and airtight container. Keep in the freezer for about 2 months.
- Thaw: Transfer the butter to thaw in the fridge overnight. Then bring the butter to room temperature and re-whip to your desired consistency before serving.
M’s Expert Tips
- Use room temperature butter. Room temperature butter is soft and slightly cool to the touch. Press a finger into the center of the butter. Your finger should easily leave an imprint without sliding off the side.
- Use your favorite honey. Use a good quality honey you already love. Keep in mind that the more flavorful the honey, the more flavorful the whipped honey butter will be.
- Taste and adjust the flavor as needed. Everyone has a different preference for salty and sweet. Start off by adding the ingredient amounts listed in the recipe. If needed add more honey or even a pinch of salt to reach your personal preference and tastes.
- Add more flavor. Add cinnamon for a copycat Roadhouse honey butter. Other flavorful spices include vanilla extract, ginger and nutmeg. Add some orange or lemon zest for a light and bright citrus flavor.
FAQs
Whipped honey butter is simply whipping or creaming butter together with honey (and other flavor add-ins) to create a salty sweet spread.
Butter, honey, powdered sugar and cinnamon. If you would like to make a copycat Roadhouse honey butter at home add 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon to the recipe at the same time as the powdered sugar.
Butter can be stored on the counter for up to 4 hours depending on the temperature of the room. For longer storage, the whipped honey butter should be stored in the fridge.
More Honey Recipes to Try
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Whipped Honey Butter Recipe
Equipment
- 1 stand mixer with paddle attachment or electric hand mixer with beaters
Ingredients
- ½ cup (113 g) salted or unsalted butter, room temperature
- ¼ -½ cup (60 - 120 ml) honey
- 3 tablespoons (22 g) powdered sugar
Instructions
- Place the room temperature butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment. With the mixer set to low, smooth the butter across the bottom of the bowl. Increase the speed to high for 1 - 2 minutes or until the butter becomes light and fluffy.½ cup (113 g) salted or unsalted butter, room temperature
- Once the butter is light and fluffy mix in the honey and powdered sugar on low for about 30 seconds or until well combined. Then increase the speed to medium - medium high speed for 1 - 2 minutes.For fluffier honey butter, continue to cream the honey and butter mixture for about 5 minutes.¼ -½ cup (60 - 120 ml) honey, 3 tablespoons (22 g) powdered sugar
- Transfer the creamed honey and butter to a serving dish. Top with more honey and a sprinkle of flaky salt if you like.
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