Sesame Free Honey Butter
Sweet, salty, and impossibly creamy, this compound butter transforms even the most ordinary slice of toast or warm dinner roll into something worth talking about. Just three ingredients come together in minutes — softened unsalted butter, honey, and a pinch of flaky sea salt — and the result is a spread that tastes far more luxurious than the effort involved. For anyone navigating sesame sensitivities, store-bought flavored butters and spreads can be a minefield of unexpected ingredients and shared-facility warnings, so making your own is genuinely the smarter move. Beating the butter until pale and fluffy before adding the honey is the small step that makes a big difference, giving it that light, whipped texture you'd find at a fancy restaurant. Roll it into a log, slice off rounds as needed, and watch it melt into pancakes, cornbread, or roasted sweet potatoes like a dream. It keeps beautifully in the fridge, so you can make a batch ahead and have it ready whenever the moment calls for something a little special.
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8 servings
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 3 tbsp honey
- ¼ tsp flaky sea salt
Instructions
- 1
Place the softened butter in a mixing bowl and beat with a hand mixer or stand mixer on medium speed for 1–2 minutes, until pale and fluffy.
- 2
Add the honey and flaky sea salt, then beat on medium-low speed for another 1 minute, until fully combined and smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl once.
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