I love making and giving Christmas cookies, but nothing is better than a basket filled with fresh baked English Toasting Bread, Cinnamon Honey Butter, and assorted premium whipped honeys and honeycomb. Absolutely wonderful!
Cinnamon Honey Butter
Ingredients
1/2 cup high quality honey
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
Instructions
1. Whip the butter with an electric mixer on medium for about 1 minute.
2. Add the honey, cinnamon, and powdered sugar and mix well.
3. Pack the cinnamon honey butter in small jars and refrigerate.
English Toasting Bread
Ingredients
5 cups all-purpose flour, divided
2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups warm milk
1/2 cup warm water
Cornmeal
Instructions
1. In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and baking soda.
2. Add milk and water then mix with an electric mixer on low speed for about 3 minutes.
3. Add remaining flour.
4. Pour the batter into two greased loaf pans that have been dusted with cornmeal.
5. Cover the dough and let rise in a warm place for 45 minutes until doubled.
6. Bake at 375 for 35 minutes.
7. Cool the loaves then store in an airtight container. Slice and toast before serving.
Makes 24 servings.
You’ll love this bread and honey butter so much you’ll just have to share! I really like to give homemade gift baskets during the holidays. It’s such a sweet and personal thing to make a gift for a friend or family member.
Here are my tips for making a gift basket:
1. Collect baskets throughout the year. I always find them for next to nothing at yard sales. Have plenty of beautiful baskets on hand to whip up a homemade gift basket whenever you need one.
2. Use ribbon to decorate your basket and tissue paper as filler.
3. Fill your basket with an assortment of wonderful items; both homemade and purchased.
To make my gift basket I used a pretty medium sized basket ($1.00 at a yard sale!), white tissue paper (was 50% off after last Christmas), red ribbon, my homemade English Toasting Bread and Cinnamon Honey Butter, and totally impressive Whipped honeys, honeycomb in a jar, and olive oil from Don Victor.
I also purchased an extra jar of the honey with honeycomb for my family. It was fun to show my daughter the honeycomb!
This basket filled with breakfast (or anytime!) goodies is really going to make the receiver feel special! Wouldn’t you love to get a basket like this?!
So glad we have connected~ Loving your space!
Elizabeth
http://www.allkindsofthingsblog.com
Those honeys look amazing! I really want to try the chocolate one!
That honey butter looks amazing, and I love it with the toasted bread! Oh, now I'm hungry!
This looks easy, and super delicious! 🙂 xo, Jess @ dreamingofleaving.com
This sounds amazing! I wish I had some now.
Uhmmm yes! I need this in my life haha. Looks so delicious <3
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This butter looks amazing! Your pictures are wonderful. I needed a recipe that's easy like this. Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful recipes and basket, many thanks for participating in this shop and for making such nice recipes and post! #client
Love this! 🙂
Oh my goodness, does this look GOOD! I love breakfasts like this, and I have a feeling I might eat the entire loaf of bread if I had it at my house along with that decadent butter… Great job!
My husband would love this! Thank you for linking up to Party Time and we hope to see you again next week!
I have never heard of Don Victor honey, they look so good. I really love your Cinnamon Honey Butter recipe, definitely going to give it a try. 🙂