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n its ingredients. So don’t think honey and don’t even think butter. It is better than both. It is Jesus-In-A-Jar.</p><p id="a949">Listen — there’s really <i>only one reason</i> I share this with you. <i>The world needs more honey butter.</i> It will sweeten people up, put smiles on their faces and inspire them to spread kindness and love.</p><p id="dfbc">I am kind of philosophical like that.</p><p id="e18d">So maybe you’d like to leave a little doorstep or porch drop for someone you love who needs a little pick-me-up. Give this honey butter. People will think you deserve a halo.</p><p id="291f">It only has six ingredients and I think you can handle that. You need a blender and some little jars <i>or</i> if you’re making it for yourself (and I can’t blame you one bit) — use whatever smallish, reusable plastic containers with mismatched lids you have kicking around. There is no canning involved.</p><p id="61a8"><i>After you’re done, you put the honey butter in the refrigerator — waaaaay in the back where only you can find it.</i></p><p id="dc35">Let’s get this party started.</p><h1 id="a7c7">Heavenly Honey Butter Recipe</h1><p id="ca54"><i>Yield: 3 cups</i></p><p id="fd00">1 cup white sugar</p><p id="4fb7">1 cup heavy whipping cream</p><p id="fa98">1 cup liquid honey (local if possible)</p><p id="3dee">3/4 lb room temperature unsalted butter (local if possible)</p><p id="a1ec">2 tsp vanilla</p><p id="25ff">1 tsp salt</p><p id="22ac">In a large pot add the sugar, cream, salt, and honey. Cook on medium-high heat, stirring constantly until boiling. Boil for 1 minute and then remove from heat.</p><p id="167a">In the blender — place the softened butter in FIRST. Then pour the hot sugar, salt, cream and honey mixture over the butter. Put the lid on your blender and blend until completely smooth. Then add vanilla and blend again.</p><p id="df38">Use a funnel and pour into small, clean jars or mismatched reusable plastic containers. Cool on the counter and then put it waaaaay in the back of your fridge.</p><p id="8a34">It’s perfect on toast, scones, bread — oh hell — it’s good on anything.</p><p id="ae9e">The honey butter easily keeps in the refrigerator for 6 weeks. Or if you <i>have will power</i>, freeze it in plastic containers for a few months.</p><p id="d07a">Thanks for reading! I have loads of food essays (delicious recipes too) and thoughtful and quirky simpler living essays waiting for you. (Well over 100 of them!) And <a href="https://psiloveyou.xyz/true-love-doesnt-need-flowers-chocolate-or-a-valentine-s-card-b9a291ef4c2

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Author photo. 1 batch = 5 1/2 mini jars. The author ate the 1/2 jar not showing.

A Sweet Homemade Gift You Make in 15 Minutes

Small jars of honey butter are perfect for a doorstep/porch drop.

There are many joys of travel and discovering new foods is certainly one of them. A few years ago I was in St. Paul, Minnesota and I wandered into a local grocery store as we foodies are wont to do. Little did I know I was about to have a mind-blowing experience.

A woman with a big smile offered samples of cheese and spreads at the deli counter. Listen — I’ve never been one to turn down cheese and I certainly wasn’t about to start then. I tried some fine local cheeses and we talked about my home, Canada, and hers — Minnesota.

After 10 minutes or so — she looked at me with an even bigger smile, reached behind the counter and brought out a small jar filled with a light-creamy spread. She shook her head and whispered,

“OK — we’re not promoting this until tomorrow but I don’t want you to miss it. This is made by a local company in St. Paul. It is called Honey Butter and you have to taste it to believe it.”

She put some of the honey butter on a small piece of bread and gave it to me.

Well, I tasted it. And my head blew off. There is just no other way to say it.

Delicately sweet and creamy and hints of vanilla and whatever else these honey butter geniuses added to it.

Of course, I bought 5 jars at $10 US a pop and stuffed them in my suitcase.

For the next month, I only offered the honey butter to honey butter worthy people as I had to protect my stash. Don’t be offended if you didn’t make the list. My niece was home from college and I gave her tea and honey butter on English muffins. As I expected — her head blew off too. She scraped that jar clean.

When my stash ran out I contacted the company to see if they sold it in Canada but I didn’t hear back. I confess — there was a little panic in the air.

And I realized I had to start experimenting. And after about 4 batches of mixing this and taking away that — I nailed it. Evil honey butter laugh.

This will not taste like what you think it will taste like. It is more than its ingredients. So don’t think honey and don’t even think butter. It is better than both. It is Jesus-In-A-Jar.

Listen — there’s really only one reason I share this with you. The world needs more honey butter. It will sweeten people up, put smiles on their faces and inspire them to spread kindness and love.

I am kind of philosophical like that.

So maybe you’d like to leave a little doorstep or porch drop for someone you love who needs a little pick-me-up. Give this honey butter. People will think you deserve a halo.

It only has six ingredients and I think you can handle that. You need a blender and some little jars or if you’re making it for yourself (and I can’t blame you one bit) — use whatever smallish, reusable plastic containers with mismatched lids you have kicking around. There is no canning involved.

After you’re done, you put the honey butter in the refrigerator — waaaaay in the back where only you can find it.

Let’s get this party started.

Heavenly Honey Butter Recipe

Yield: 3 cups

1 cup white sugar

1 cup heavy whipping cream

1 cup liquid honey (local if possible)

3/4 lb room temperature unsalted butter (local if possible)

2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp salt

In a large pot add the sugar, cream, salt, and honey. Cook on medium-high heat, stirring constantly until boiling. Boil for 1 minute and then remove from heat.

In the blender — place the softened butter in FIRST. Then pour the hot sugar, salt, cream and honey mixture over the butter. Put the lid on your blender and blend until completely smooth. Then add vanilla and blend again.

Use a funnel and pour into small, clean jars or mismatched reusable plastic containers. Cool on the counter and then put it waaaaay in the back of your fridge.

It’s perfect on toast, scones, bread — oh hell — it’s good on anything.

The honey butter easily keeps in the refrigerator for 6 weeks. Or if you have will power, freeze it in plastic containers for a few months.

Thanks for reading! I have loads of food essays (delicious recipes too) and thoughtful and quirky simpler living essays waiting for you. (Well over 100 of them!) And this story caught the attention of NBC News In New York!