My homemade whipped honey butter recipe comes together within 5 minutes and only requires 4 ingredients! Spread it on toast, pancakes, or package it into jars as gifts for friends and family!
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It’s only 4 ingredients, which you likely have in your kitchen—butter, honey, vanilla, and salt!
- Honey butter goes well with many dishes. You can have it on toasted sourdough, pancakes, or bread rolls.
- Homemade infused butter = cute, inexpensive gift idea! This recipe only costs a few dollars to make and is enough to fill 4 half-pint mason jars. For the holidays, I plan on remaking this recipe, decorating the jars with bows & twine, and handing some out to friends.
Looking for more honey-infused recipes? Check out my whipped cinnamon honey butter, honey mango jam and honey strawberry jam!
Ingredients
To make easy whipped honey butter from scratch, you’ll need the following ingredients:
- The softened unsalted butter is the base of this recipe and will be whipped until light and creamy, then mixed with the honey, vanilla, and salt.
- You can use either vanilla extract or vanilla paste (1:1).
- The fine sea salt can be swapped out with regular table salt.
For the full list of ingredients and measurements, see the recipe card below.
💡Recipe Pairing Ideas
Honey butter would be so good on many different dishes, like homemade bread rolls, toast, pancakes, waffles, and more. If you’re looking for specific recipes, I recommend trying out my pumpkin mochi waffles, banana matcha pancake bites, or steamed buns!
How to Make Whipped Honey Butter
Step 1: Using an electric mixer or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat softened butter until light and creamy, about 3-4 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl as needed.
Step 2: Mix in honey, vanilla, and salt until fully combined. Enjoy it on bread, pancakes, and more!
For full instructions, see the recipe card below.
Homemade Honey Butter FAQs
My homemade honey butter only has 4 ingredients: butter, honey, vanilla, and salt! If you’d like a spiced version, you can add in cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, etc.
In an airtight container at room temperature, it can last up to 3 days. I recommend storing it in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 months. See storage instructions for more information.
Yes, absolutely! If you’re using salted butter, I recommend tasting the whipped butter, honey, and vanilla mixture before adding any salt. Then, add as much salt as you like.
Storage
- Room temperature: Store honey butter in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- Refrigeration instructions: Store honey butter in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 months. If you’d like the butter to be fluffy again, let it come to room temperature and re-whip it for 2-3 minutes.
- Freezing instructions: Store honey butter in a freezer-safe container for up to 1 year.
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Honey Butter
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Equipment
- large mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter softened
- ⅓-½ cup (113 g) honey
- 1 tablespoon (13 g) vanilla paste or extract (1:1)
- ½ teaspoon (3 g) fine sea salt or table salt (1:1)
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whip 1 cup unsalted butter with electric whisk until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl as needed.
- Add in ⅓-½ cup honey, 1 tablespoon vanilla, and ½ teaspoon fine sea salt. Whip until combined. Scrape down sides of bowl.
- Taste butter and adjust to your liking—add more honey or salt as necessary. Transfer to butter keeper or other storage container, and enjoy!
Notes
- Room temperature: Store honey butter in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- Refrigeration instructions: Store honey butter in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 months. If you’d like the butter to be fluffy again, let it come to room temperature and re-whip it for 2-3 minutes.
- Freezing instructions: Store honey butter in a freezer-safe container for up to 1 year.
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I gave jars of homemade honey butter to my partner’s friends and they were very excited! So easy to make & I can’t wait to make the recipe again for holiday gift giving.