Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 0 mins Total time: 5 mins
Macronutrients per tbsp: 14g fat | 0g protein | 1g carbohydrates
Servings: 2 sticks of butter (16 tbsp)
Make it AIP or Dairy-Free: Use animal fat other than ghee or butter
Make it Carnivore, Zero Carb, or Sugar-Free: Don’t use honey
With a rich and buttery flavor, touch of sweetness, and crunchy hint of salt, this is a wonderful and satisfying spread.
What you need to make Honey Butter
Ingredients:
- Grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- Raw honey (ASHLEYR for 10% off); Note: I recommend local or Manuka
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Equipment:
- Butter stick molds (optional)
How to make Honey Butter
Scoop out 1 cup of ghee and place in a bowl. To make sure you don’t waste any ghee, place your spoon near the flame or hot surface on your stovetop to heat your spoon before scooping out the ghee.
Add 1 tbsp of raw honey (ASHLEYR for 10% off) to the bowl. Mix and top with sea salt. Transfer the mixture to Tupperware or a storage container.
Store in the fridge and allow to harden. If you prefer, you can pour the mixture into butter stick molds. Once hardened, serve as you would a stick of butter.
If you prefer, serve softer at room temperature.
Tips to make the best Honey Butter
- Before scooping out the ghee, heat the spoon on your stovetop. This will prevent you from wasting fat. If the spoon is cold while scooping out the fat, there will most likely be some residue left behind.
- Any size salt will work, but coarse salt will give it a fun texture and crunch.
- To make this carnivore-friendly, zero carb, or sugar-free, just leave the honey out.
- If you prefer a softer texture, you can serve the Honey Butter fresh after mixing at room temperature. If you prefer a texture that is firm and hard like butter, store the mixture in the fridge and allow the mixture to harden before serving. If you prefer the shape of butter sticks, pour the mixture into these butter stick molds before placing the mixture in the fridge.
A few of my other favorite sweet & buttery recipes:
Roasted Bone Marrow with Bread and Honey Butter
Blueberry Beef Liver Waffles with Honey Butter
Try Honey Butter on my Carnivore Baguettes!
Honey Butter
Honey Butter
Ingredients
- 1 cup grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- 1 tbsp raw honey (local or Manuka - ASHLEYR for 10% off)
- sea salt, to taste (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Instructions
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- Scoop out 1 cup of ghee and place in a bowl. So you don't waste any ghee, place your spoon near the flame or hot surface on your stovetop to heat your spoon before scooping out the ghee.
- Add 1 tbsp of raw honey (ASHLEYR for 10% off) to the bowl.
- Mix and top with sea salt.
- Note: if you go through tons of salt in your household like we do, check out this salt purchasing hack that will save you money + make things more efficient. We started this last year, and I'm so happy we did!
- Transfer to Tupperware or storage container.
- Store in the fridge and allow the mixture to harden. If you prefer, you can pour the mixture into butter stick molds. Once hardened, serve as you would a stick of butter.
- Enjoy!
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Ashley Rothstein develops tasty, whole food, animal-based recipes that include a moderate amount of “minimally toxic” plant foods. To fix her own health issues, she bounced around between the carnivore, keto, and paleo diets for a few years. After experiencing and studying each diet philosophy, she learned she feels her best by merging the three and following an animal-based diet. As a glut at heart, she likes to channel her creativity and create meals that are healthy but also satisfy her inner gluttonous spirits.
Hi there,
Just thought I’d let you know that mixing honey and ghee is considered to be toxic. So just a heads up, wouldnt want any bad karma going your way so might be an idea to delete this recipe.