Honey Butter

Interested in making your own homemade honey butter? This recipe is quick, adaptable, and soooo delicious. 

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 3–5 tablespoons Champlain Valley Apiaries raw honey
• 1/4 teaspoon flaky or fine sea salt
• Optional:
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • splash of vanilla extract
  • tiny pinch of cayenne for heat

Instructions

1. Let the butter soften at room temperature until easily spreadable.
2. Beat the butter with a fork, whisk, or hand mixer until fluffy.
3. Add the raw honey gradually, mixing as you go.
4. Stir in salt and any optional flavorings.
5. Taste and adjust:
   • more honey for sweeter/spreadable
   • more salt for balance
6. Store in a jar or covered dish.

Storage

• Refrigerator: about 2 weeks
• Room temperature: a few days if your kitchen is cool and you’ll use it quickly

If refrigerated, let it sit out 10–15 minutes before serving.

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Ways to Eat Honey Butter

Breakfast

• Toast, biscuits, English muffins
• Pancakes or waffles
• Cornbread
• Warm oatmeal stirred in at the end

Savory Uses

• Melt over roasted sweet potatoes
• Brush onto carrots or squash
• Finish grilled salmon or pork chops
• Spread on fried chicken sandwiches
• Melt onto popcorn with a little chili powder

Baking

• Swirl into banana bread batter
• Use on scones
• Spread between layers of quick breads
• Melt over fresh baked rolls

Mix up the recipe with these flavor variation!

Cinnamon Honey Butter: Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon and a pinch of nutmeg. Great for biscuits and sweet potatoes.

Hot Honey Butter: Add cayenne, red pepper flakes, and smoked paprika. Excellent on fried chicken or cornbread.

Herb Honey Butter: Add chopped rosemary or thyme and black pepper. Very good on roasted vegetables or dinner rolls.

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