The recipe I’ll be sharing today is technically a honey butter recipe—but it’s not your grandma’s honey butter! After I made this delightful concoction for the first time, I immediately decided that simply calling it “honey butter” didn’t really do it justice. I eventually settled on the name “Honey Butter Ambrosia,” because this decadent spread truly feels like a food that’s fit for the gods! :-)
It tastes incredible on toast, dinner rolls, tortillas, and any type of bread really. Not only is this honey butter recipe quick and easy to make, but it also makes a lot of it! You can keep a jar for yourself and still have plenty left to give away as Christmas gifts! I like to pair it with a freshly baked loaf of my mom’s English Muffin Bread to give to friends and neighbors. It’s a gift that is almost guaranteed to earn you friends and admirers! ;-)
“Honey Butter Ambrosia” Spread
Ingredients:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup honey
- 3/4 lb (3 sticks) butter, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
Combine the sugar, cream, and honey in a saucepan, then place over medium-high heat on your stovetop.
Cook the mixture, stirring regularly, until it comes to a boil. Boil for 1 minute, then remove from heat.
Place the softened butter in your blender or food processor. Pour the hot sugar and cream mixture over the butter, then blend or pulse until well-mixed.
Add the vanilla extract, then blend again.
Pour the finished honey butter spread into airtight containers. (The amount fills two pint-sized mason jars plus one half-pint jar almost exactly.)
Keep refrigerated. The honey butter will stay fresh in the fridge for about 6 weeks, or a few months if stored in the freezer.
“Honey Butter Ambrosia” Gift Labels
Gifting this honey butter is as simple as adding a label and a bit of ribbon or twine! I’ve included a couple of useful files of pre-made honey butter tags that you can download for free! The first file is a PDF, which you can download and print at home. They fit perfectly on top of jar lids, so all you have to do is cut them out and stick them on your jar lids with a bit of tape!
The next file is specifically for use with the Silhouette craft machine. For those with a Silhouette machine, you can download this file and then open it in Silhouette Studio to print and cut the labels.
No matter what kind of label you use, whoever you give this spread to will be praising your name for weeks! (Or at least until the jar is empty—then they’ll be asking you for the recipe!)
Do you give any homemade treats as gifts during the holidays?
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“Ambrosia” Honey Butter Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup honey
- 3/4 lb 3 sticks butter softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine the sugar, cream, and honey in a saucepan, then place over medium-high heat on your stovetop.
- Cook the mixture, stirring regularly, until it comes to a boil. Boil for 1 minute, then remove from heat.
- Place the softened butter in your blender or food processor. Pour the hot sugar and cream mixture over the butter, then blend or pulse until well-mixed. Add the vanilla extract, then blend again.
- Pour the finished honey butter spread into airtight containers. (The amount fills two pint-sized mason jars plus one half-pint jar almost exactly.)
- Keep refrigerated. The honey butter will stay fresh in the fridge for about 6 weeks, or a few months if stored in the freezer.
I really look forward to making this my family loves honey butter. Do you use unsalted or salted butter for this recipe?
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Recipe writers will state unsalted butter if it should be unsalted. Even so, I only buy salted butter and if recipe says unsalted, I may reduce the salt by 1/4 teaspoon or less, or not reduce it at all, and my recipes always turn out fine.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Salted, but either will work!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Jillee or anyone else who might have an idea, my mother is 83 (in great shape) lives in CA, me in OH. She has everything she wants cuz she can afford it, me…i live the opposite end. She does so much for me and yet i find it super hard to get her things. Her house has all that she wants in it she says, she has the best clothes, makeup, etc. I have gotten her things for her yard and walkway , charms for car, keyring. I see things i think she might like but then she is picky and usually has higher end products. I bought her a STAR last year and mixed our names for it. She framed it and i thought that was pretty awesome. Im 65 with no grandchildren for her per say. So just wo ndering if anybody has sweet ideas!! Thank you!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Hi Victoria,
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Sounds like you have a good relationship with your Mom. How about something money can’t buy? I bet she’d love it if you wrote her a note talking about a favorite memory or something she taught you that you cherish. You could include a picture of the two of you that you like.
Movie tickets; museum membership; bookstore gift card, restaurant gift card, journal for her to write about her growing up years for a keepsake for you; postage stamps and/or some nice note cards/stationery if she has the gift of writing to people; ethnic foods basket of a variety she likes; Wolferman’s crumpets/English muffins and jams gift basket (not cheap, but tasty and unique); if she’s a coffee drinker some roasted coffee from (near) your area; garden center gift card.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Ohhhh, just when I thought I couldn’t fall in love again… !! :)
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