Add a little honey butter to your life. You deserve it. Smother on rolls, flaky biscuits, or even homemade bread. I love to make this as a little treat to serve with rolls after dinner when I have guests over.

If you want to make it super fancy, you can make your own butter. All you need is heavy cream.

Why My Recipe

  • Keeping our fluff in the butter, not in the post.

A knife scooping out some homemade honey butter from the bowl.

Flavor Variations

Cinnamon Honey: Simply add 2 teaspoons of cinnamon and mix it in for a subtle hint of spice and warmth.

Vanilla Bean: For a gourmet touch, add a whole vanilla bean (scraped to extract the inside) or use a teaspoon of vanilla extract as an alternative.

Sweet and Spicy: Add a little spice to your life! For those who love a little heat, simply add hot honey in place of regular honey. If you don’t already have hot honey on hand, you can add a dash (or more) of hot sauce.

Ingredient Notes

An overhead view of two sticks of butter and a bowl of honey.
  • Butter: always use softened butter or your arm will get a good workout. If the butter is not softened enough, it can look a little lumpy. Make it smoother by continuing to stir.
  • Honey: use whatever flavor of honey you prefer. You could use maple syrup for a maple butter twist.

Fork or Hand Mixer

We tested all the different ways to stir this together. A fork was our favorite for easy honey butter.

You could also use a hand mixer for a lighter, whipped honey butter that is effortless to spread.

Storage Instructions

Store at room temperature in an airtight container like a mason jar for up to 3 days.

Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 1 month.

Freeze wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and an additional layer of aluminum foil for up to 6 months.

Honey butter goes great on…