I’m in NYC today for a quick, one day blogging event, which I can’t wait to tell you guys all about. This weekend before I left, Kevin wanted to treat me to a special dinner. But since I still hadn’t packed yet, we stayed in… and he cooked! The last time he did that was on Valentine’s Day, three years ago, so I knew I was in for a rare treat. :)
Don’t you love it when restaurants bring you bread at the beginning of the meal? One of our favorite restaurants serves their bread with this incredible cinnamon-honey butter, and I’m in love with it. To give our dinner an authentic restaurant feel, Kev picked up these Pepperidge Farm stone baked artisan french rolls for our appetizer.
And I definitely wanted to give that cinnamon honey butter a try. I pulled out some of my favorite ingredients that I’d been saving for a special occasion. Roasted cinnamon, honey from our trip to Savannah, and this Tahitian vanilla extract, that I only wish I could say was from a trip to Tahiti.
Scoop four tablespoons of softened butter into a bowl…
Drizzle with one tablespoon of honey…
And 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract. The Tahitian vanilla extract is made for foods you don’t cook, and I loved the light, pure vanilla flavor. It was perfect for this butter!
Top it all with 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon.
And stir to combine.
By the time I whipped up the butter, Kev’s french rolls were ready! I loved that we could make just two and save the rest for another time.
He set the table with our red dishes. You know. The color of luuuurvve.
I could not wait to crack into the french rolls! I loved the fresh, hot from the oven taste, and that crispy, crackly crust was just insane. I give them a thumbs up for sure.
And the butter. Oh my gosh, I cannot tell you how much we loved this butter! The flavor knocked my socks off. Cinnamon. Honey. Vanilla. Swoon.
It was perfect for these light, airy rolls, as the butter would melt and seep down into the little air pockets and give a burst of flavor with each bite.
What simple things do you do to make an ordinary meal feel more special?
I’ll be posting updates about NYC throughout the day, keep in touch with me on Twitter and Facebook! :)
Cinnamon Honey Butter
4 tbsp butter, softened
1 tbsp honey
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
Stir all to combine. Refrigerate covered until ready to use.
Make for: Side Dishes
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My ultimate comfort food…bread and honey butter! Delicious!
Whipped butter, with cinnamon & honey & vanilla. Really, how could anyone not want to dive into it!
Looks great, Amanda :)
Love cinnamon butter! Mmmmm.
Going to the store today and will look for the rolls. They look great and love the idea you can use only what needed. Will try your butter too. Please bring me some vanilla next time you visit Tahiti !!!!
Where Ever did you get those fab red plates?
Hi Beverly! They’re from Dillard’s, the pattern is Gourmet Expressions “Great Room”. They had the red accent plates around Christmas.
I have a vanilla butter saved to try soon. I love the addition of cinnamon!
I love this butter!!! They always serve it at one of our favorite restaurants in the area, now I can make it at home:) I might serve this with Easter dinner. Thanks for sharing!
What a simple sweet way to spruce up plain ‘ole butter! I love it :-)
love, love, love honey butter, but I love those plates even more! Where did you get them!?!
Thanks Amanda! They’re from Dillard’s, the pattern is Gourmet Expressions “Great Room”. :)
I love honey butter! Have fun in NYC!
Gorgeous! The butter in the bowl almost looks like ice cream which means I’d probably grab a spoon and eat the darn honey butter right out of the bowl! Lol! Looks great :) Have so much fun today!!
Mmmmm- love this idea!! We had boring old French bread w/ butter last night. Will have to whip up some of this w/ our leftovers :)
You were in NYC without us???? Hope you had fun :)
This looks delicious! Had no idea PF was doing the frozen rolls – nice!
I love the honey cinnamon butter they do at Santa Fe Steak House!! I have always wanted to recreate it at home but I have been a little afraid… because I would eat it all!! This looks fantastic!
Cinnamon honey butter = trulv4eva. ;)
This sounds yummy, thanks for sharing. Thinking that I might add this to the dinner table on Easter. I also want to add that I love your blog. I have really got some neat things from it. From recipes, to photography tips and lots of laughs about your dogs!
I love flavoured butters.
That would be awesome on some homemade ciabatta!
Looks so great, I have some of those rolls in the freezer so I’ll have to make this butter to accompany them asap. Hope you are having a grand time in New York — wish I could come and meet up with you for cupcakes! :) Can’t wait to hear about your trip.
Delish! And do you want to know the secret to light fluffy honey butter? Beat with powdered sugar!! Mmmmmm!
The Sante Fe Cattle Company serves cinnamon butter with their fluffy rolls and we love it. Will have to try this the next time I make rolls. Hmmm, will have to try the powdered sugar trick! Glad you posted this.
Oh my, oh my! This I must try, looks simple enough for me. Thank you so much for sharing it Amanda, I love your tips and recipes so yummy!
That looks delicious! I make a cinnamon honey butter similar to that & it is divine!
Have fun in NYC! I’m definitely jealous!
Looks delicious!!!!!!!! I am IN LOVE with your dishes! Where do you get them from???????
Thanks Charanne! They’re from Dillard’s, the pattern is Gourmet Expressions “Great Room”. :)
Wow, didn’t know that Pepperidge Farm made those type of rolls; look very delish. Am yet another admirer of those fabulous red plates and please add my name to the list of folks that want to know the details!
Hi Karen! They’re from Dillard’s, the pattern is Gourmet Expressions “Great Room”. They had the red accent plates around Christmas. :)
I’ve made plain honey butter before but you’d better bet mama’s gonna whippin’ up a batch of this goodness! I told my friend “Hey Amanda’s in NYC, you know that means a yummy blog to follow!” We’re going to San Fran in a few weeks and you SF post was a great help in deciding where to go!
This sounds so amazing! I can’t wait to try it!
I absolutely love rolls and your butter looks amazing. My question is, how could you eat just ONE?? :-)
Oh my…that butter sounds fantastic. I could eat that on warm bread all day long.
Oh gosh, this sounds so fabulous! I love amped-up butter!
The butter is definitely on my list to make for hubby! I LOVE those red plates, do tell the details!!
Thanks Carol! They’re from Dillard’s, the pattern is Gourmet Expressions “Great Room”. They had the red accent plates around Christmas. :)
This is THE recipe I am going to use for Easter dinner. Thanks for helping me out.
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Oh man, that looks wonderful! They have this amazing honey cinnamon butter at Texas Roadhouse and I never knew how they made it. I’m definitely going to have to try this! Thanks for sharing!
Looks delicious! I could eat this as my entire meal! Can’t wait to try it – thanks!
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Hey! I have those plates too! I love them so much more seeing how pretty they are in your pictures! They are packed in storage right now :( They were from Dillard’s this past Christmas season!
Yep, Christine is exactly right! Thanks, girl! :)
I often pass up delicious-sounding recipes because they seem too difficult and time-consuming. But this recipe looks both delicious AND doable. Thanks!
That looks so yummy. Going to go to the store tomorrow to get everything to make some. Thanks for the idea:)
Looks delicious! BTW love your blog :)
Heavenly!
They have this amazing butter at Texas Road House too!! cannot wait to try it!! THANKS AMANDA!
Yum! Cinnamon honey butter is delicious! My favorite is pairing it with homemade wheat bread (fresh out of the breadmaker!). Thanks for the recipe – I will definitely be making that soon!
This sounds wonderful! I’m going to share it with my readers.
Cinnamon honey butter is delicious….but not as delicious as Bobby Flay. I’m just sayin’! :-) So jealous you got to meet him!!!
I made this butter for our rolls for Easter dinner! It was delicious! Have you ever been to a Texas Roadhouse restaurant? They have similar butter and it’s highly addictive! Thanks for sharing this recipe!