Honey Butter

– Yields 3 ½ jars
Add 2/3 C light Karo, 1 C sugar, and 1/2 C water to a sauce pan. Cook over medium heat until the mixture reaches *soft ball stage

Use a pastry brush and warm water to wipe down any sugar crystals that form on the sides of the pan

Beat 2 egg whites until soft peaks form

Add sugar syrup to egg whites and add 1 lb. room temperature butter

Pour in ½ C honey (butter the inside of the measuring cup for easy release)

Mix thoroughly





*soft-ball stage

Definition: A test for sugar syrup describing the point at which a drop of boiling syrup immersed in cold water (not ice water) forms a soft ball that flattens of its own accord when removed. On a candy thermometer, the soft-ball stage is between 234 degrees and 240 degrees F