The BEST and easiest Honey Butter! A mixture of sweet honey and creamy butter with a touch of cinnamon and a splash of vanilla extract. A sweet and delicious topping for biscuits, muffins, rolls, bread, sweet potatoes, pancakes, waffles, and more!
HONEY BUTTER! But not just any honey butter – honey butter with a touch of vanilla, a pinch of warm cinnamon, and a sprinkle of sea salt. You’re going to be slathering this on every carbohydrate in sight. Trust me, I speak from experience.
Ready to be the star of the holiday season? Share this butter with anyone and everyone. This recipe is ridiculously simple and it comes out absolutely perfect. This is the fastest and easiest way to elevate a side dish or breakfast baked good.
Prefer the flavor of maple? Try our Maple Butter.
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Ingredients needed
- Softened Butter – Use your favorite brand of butter. I prefer unsalted because I like to control the amount of salt that will be added. Let it sit at room temp for an hour or so, until it’s soft enough to easily mix.
- Honey – ¼ cup honey sweetens and flavors the butter.
- Ground Cinnamon – Just ¼ teaspoon adds a touch of warm spice to the honey butter. Adjust the cinnamon to suit your taste. Or leave it out, if you’d prefer a stronger honey flavor.
- Vanilla Extract – A splash of vanilla extract adds an underlying vanilla flavor. This is what sets this recipe apart from other honey butter recipes – it is so GOOD!
- Salt – This ingredient is super important! We need to balance all those sweet ingredients with a little salt.
- Powdered Sugar – This helps to give the butter a thicker yet soft and spreadable consistency.
One easy step
Yep, only 1 step. It doesn’t get much easier than this! Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat all of the ingredients together until smooth and combined. Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
Uses for honey butter
Here are some delicious ways to use your honey butter:
- Rolls, Buttermilk Biscuits, Rosemary Biscuits, Bread
- Toast, English Muffins, Bagels, Banana Bread
- Pancakes, French Toast, Waffles
- Oatmeal
- Cornbread
- Baked Sweet Potatoes
- Roasted Butternut Squash
- Fried Chicken (melt and drizzle over the cooked chicken)
Does honey butter need to be refrigerated?
I recommend refrigerating this butter because it lasts longer that way. If you’re planning on eating it within a couple of days you can leave it out tightly covered in a butter crock, butter dish, or food storage container, otherwise store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Note: You absolutely should serve this butter at room temperature. If it’s not already softened, I recommend removing it from the fridge 1-2 hours before you need it to allow it to soften.
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Recipe
Cinnamon Vanilla Honey Butter
Ingredients
- 12 tablespoons salted or unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon, or more, to taste
- pinch of salt, add several pinches if using unsalted butter
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat all ingredients for a couple minutes until smooth and combined. Serve immediately or refrigerate. Drizzle additional honey over the butter as a garnish, if desired.
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Nutrition
Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.
Tried this recipe?Leave a comment and rating below!
Dawn Smith
Can I use imitation vanilla flavor instead of the pure vanilla?
Celebrating Sweets
Yes, that is fine. Enjoy!
Melanie Wiersema
I made homemade rolls tonight and served the honey butter on top. My family said that it was the best honey butter that they had ever tasted!! Thank you for an awesome recipe! ❤️
Celebrating Sweets
You had me at “homemade rolls”. Haha! Sounds delicious! Thanks for taking the time to comment. 🙂
Jmarks
I love this recipe. I make this recipe as is but I also make it with a dash of chili (or cayenne) powder. It’s great for an extra dash of heat. My husband loves it when I use the butter to cook ham steak.
Celebrating Sweets
That sounds delicious! I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
em
It was really good! I put it on my carrots after I boiled them! Would make it again!
Celebrating Sweets
I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for taking the time to comment. 🙂
Kathy
Have mercy! Delicious!!! Going on the Thanksgiving table tomorrow?. Thanks so much!
Allison
I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!
Lisalia
Ohhh this was so so good! We had it on freshly made bread after school. I loved it so much I want to make more batches of this honey butter as holiday neighbor gifts. SO YUMMY!
Gina
Amazing how just a touch of honey, sugar and vanilla can transform butter! This is divine on a soft roll!
Shari Colpean
Make every year for Christmas. Have multiplied the recipe to a pound of butter so I can give as gifts.