Honey Butter Toast Is TikTok’s Latest Dessert Craze — Rich + Sweet 5-Ingredient Recipe
Here's the best type of bread to use for maximum flavor and indulgence
French toast fans… it’s time to rejoice! Honey butter toast is the latest food craze that’s just as sweet, fluffy and golden brown as the breakfast staple. Even better, you don’t have to soak the bread slices in custard or even fry them. All you need is 5 ingredients before the slices are ready to bake in the oven until they’re crispy. Afterwards, you can top the toast with your favorite sweet ingredients before devouring. Keep reading to learn more about honey butter toast and a viral TikTok recipe that’s guaranteed to satisfy your sugar cravings!
The ingredients in honey butter toast
Making honey butter toast involves smearing a mixture of butter, brown sugar, honey and salt onto slices of bread before baking. Once caramelized and toasty, the bread is served with ice cream, fruit, caramel sauce or any toppings of your choice. Honey butter toast was popularized in recent years by London’s Arôme Bakery — and maintains its viral status with recipes constantly circulating online. Safe to say that it’s the perfect treat to indulge your sweet tooth!
Best type of bread for honey butter toast
When making this treat, breads like brioche, challah or Japanese milk bread (if you can get your hands on it) work best. These breads are made with milk, eggs and/or butter, so you’ll get a richer flavor in the toast. Slicing the bread thick also allows it to absorb plenty of the honey butter and toppings — creating a hearty and flavorful treat.
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How to make honey butter toast
For mouthwatering honey butter toast, we love this recipe from TikToker @TheChefMine. She serves the warm toast with homemade vanilla whipped cream, which you can find in the recipe, along with salted caramel sauce. Think of it as French toast but better since you can enjoy it for dessert! (For a similar dish, try this recipe for Croissant Waffles, aka “croffles”.)
Honey Butter Toast
Ingredients:
Honey butter toast:
- 4 thick slices of brioche or other rich bread
- 6 Tbs. unsalted butter, softened
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 2 Tbs. honey
- Pinch of salt
Vanilla whipped cream (optional):
- ½ cup heavy cream, cold
- 1 Tbs. vanilla bean paste or extract
- 1 Tbs. powdered sugar
Directions:
- Yield: 4 servings
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Remove crusts from bread slices and set aside.
- In small bowl, mix together butter and brown sugar using spatula. Add salt and honey and continue mixing. Spread butter mixture evenly over all sides of bread slices. Place butter-coated bread on baking sheet, leaving plenty of space between each slice.
- Bake 10 minutes. Carefully flip slices and bake an additional 8 minutes. Remove toast from oven and let sit about 2 minutes without touching. Transfer to cooling rack to sit 8 to 10 minutes. Toast will be very hot and soft, but it’ll harden as it cools.
- For whipped cream: Pour heavy cream, vanilla bean paste and powdered sugar into bowl. Whip by hand or using electric mixer until stiff peaks form, about 6 to 8 minutes. (Note: Feel free to add more sugar if you wish, but avoid making it too sweet as it may overpower the toast.)
- Serve each slice of toast with dollop of whipped cream and any other toppings. Enjoy!
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