Texas Roadhouse Butter Recipe (Copycat Cinnamon Honey Butter)

This Texas Roadhouse butter recipe is the whipped cinnamon honey butter that comes with every basket of rolls, made at home in about five minutes. You need five ingredients: butter, powdered sugar, honey, cinnamon and a splash of vanilla. Whip it until it’s pale and fluffy, and it spreads straight from the bowl just like the restaurant version.

What Is the Butter at Texas Roadhouse?

The butter at Texas Roadhouse is a whipped cinnamon honey butter served with the fresh-baked rolls before your meal. It’s sweet, lightly spiced and soft enough to spread on a hot roll without tearing it. That softness comes from whipping air into room-temperature butter, and the sweetness comes from both honey and powdered sugar. Powdered sugar is the secret most copycat recipes skip: it dissolves completely, so the butter stays smooth instead of gritty.

Can you buy butter from Texas Roadhouse? Many locations will sell rolls and butter to go, and the brand now sells frozen rolls with a honey cinnamon spread in some grocery stores. The store version is a buttery spread, though. Made at home with real butter, this copycat is richer and you control the sweetness.

Why This Is the Best Texas Roadhouse Butter Recipe

It makes a big batch. About 1¼ cups, enough for two dozen rolls or a week of toast.

It’s whipped, not just stirred. Two to three minutes with a hand mixer gives you the light, cloud-like texture of the restaurant butter.

Powdered sugar plus honey. Honey gives the flavor; powdered sugar gives sweetness without grit.

Vanilla rounds it out. Half a teaspoon makes it taste like it came from a bakery.

Ingredients Needed

• Butter: 1 cup (2 sticks), softened. I use unsalted and add a small pinch of salt; salted works too (see the FAQ).
• Powdered sugar: ¼ cup. Sift it if it’s lumpy.
• Honey: 1 tablespoon. Clover honey tastes closest to the restaurant.
• Ground cinnamon: ½ teaspoon.
• Vanilla extract: ½ teaspoon.

How to Make Texas Roadhouse Cinnamon Honey Butter

Step 1: Soften the butter. Leave it on the counter for about an hour, until a finger leaves a dent easily but it isn’t greasy or melting. Melted butter will not whip.

Step 2: Whip the butter alone first. Beat for about 1 minute with a hand mixer until it looks lighter in color.

Step 3: Add everything else. Add the powdered sugar, honey, cinnamon and vanilla. Start on low so the sugar doesn’t fly, then beat on medium-high for 1–2 minutes until fluffy.

Step 4: Taste and adjust. Want it more like the restaurant’s? Add another teaspoon or two of honey. Want more spice? Add cinnamon ¼ teaspoon at a time.

Step 5: Serve or chill. Spread it on warm rolls right away, or pack it into a covered container and refrigerate.

Tips for the Perfect Copycat Texas Roadhouse Butter

• Temperature is everything. Cold butter leaves lumps; melted butter turns soupy. Soft-but-cool is the target.
• Don’t skip the first whip. Beating the butter alone before adding the sweeteners is what makes it fluffy.
• Serve it soft. Take refrigerated butter out 15–20 minutes before serving, then give it a quick stir.
• Make it on rolls day. Whipped butter tastes best within the first couple of days, before it loses some of its air.

Can Texas Roadhouse Butter Be Left Out?

Yes, for serving. Plain butter is safe at room temperature for a short time; the USDA suggests leaving out only what you’ll use within a day or two, because butter turns rancid if it sits out for days. For this cinnamon honey butter, I set out what we’ll eat at dinner in a covered dish and refrigerate the rest. If your kitchen is warm (hello, Arizona summers), keep it in the fridge and pull it out 15–20 minutes before you eat.

Storing and Freezing

• To re-fluff: Let chilled butter soften, then whip for 30 seconds.
• Fridge: Airtight container for up to 1 week.
• Freezer: Up to 3 months. Roll it into a log in plastic wrap and slice off coins as needed. Thaw in the fridge overnight.

What to Serve With Texas Roadhouse Butter

The classic is warm yeast rolls. These Italian pull-apart bread rolls are soft and tear apart like the restaurant’s, and the air fryer cheesy garlic bread rolls give you a sweet-and-savory combo.

It’s just as good on cornbread. Try it on air fryer Jiffy cornbread for a weeknight, my White Lily cornbread, or the copycat Marie Callender’s cornbread.

For breakfast, spread it on copycat Popeyes biscuits, Hardee’s-style biscuits, Ninja Woodfire pancakes, or toasted air fryer whole wheat bread.

Make It a Texas Roadhouse Night at Home

Pair your rolls and butter with Texas Roadhouse steak fries, copycat Texas Roadhouse buttered corn, and the Texas Roadhouse loaded sweet potato — a dollop of this cinnamon honey butter on the sweet potato is my favorite trick. For the kids, add Texas Roadhouse Chicken Critters. Want a steak centerpiece? This whole beef tenderloin with garlic butter sauce feeds a crowd.

Is This the Same as Outback’s Honey Butter?

Not quite. Outback serves its dark honey-wheat bread with whipped butter, while the cinnamon honey butter people crave is the Texas Roadhouse version. That said, this recipe is delicious on that sweet brown bread, alongside the air fryer Outback sweet potato or a copycat Toowoomba steak.

Texas Roadhouse Butter FAQs

Can I use salted butter? Yes. Restaurant-style butter has a little salt to balance the sweetness. With salted butter, skip any added salt. With unsalted, add a pinch.

Can I use regular sugar instead of powdered sugar? You can, but granulated sugar stays grainy. Powdered sugar dissolves into the butter for a smooth spread.

Why is my butter runny? The butter was too warm or partly melted. Chill the bowl for 15 minutes, then whip again.

Can I substitute the honey? Maple syrup or agave works. The flavor shifts slightly, and maple makes a great fall version.

How much does this make? About 1¼ cups, or 24 servings of roughly 2 teaspoons.

Can I make it ahead? Yes. Make it up to a week ahead, refrigerate, and soften before serving. It’s a great make-ahead for Thanksgiving rolls.

More Texas Roadhouse Copycats

• Texas Roadhouse Buttered Corn
• Texas Roadhouse Steak Fries
• Texas Roadhouse Chicken Critters
• Texas Roadhouse Loaded Sweet Potato