- use it in soft, chewy cookies instead of regular sugar. It softens the batter and makes a wonderful cookie. (when using honey instead of sugar you will need to need to alter the recipe a bit, i.e. if your recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar, use 3/4 cup of honey and decrease the liquid measure by 1/4 cup. If the recipe does not call for any liquid, add 4 T. of additional flour for 3/4 cup of honey used. Also, you may want to decrease the temperature of your oven 25 degrees as honey caramelizes at low temperature.)
- honey is a great addition to homemade wheat bread.
- it can be flavored.
Honey can be stored for a long time although crystallization will likely occur. To undo this, just put your honey container in warm water until the crystallization is gone. If this doesn't work, put the honey container on the stove over low heat (don't let it touch the bottom of the pan) and that should work. Be careful to not heat it too high because that could cause the honey to change color and flavor.
3 comments:
Jac Honey,
This is a very sweet lesson. I take it that honey stores for a long time but not as long as sugar. What would be the approximate expiration for honey?
Oh Kristine...wonderful question! I have done a little research and here is your answer...
"Liquid honey does not expire. The sugar content is so high that it kills almost all bacteria and the moisture content is too low to allow fungus to grow. It can crystallize and become solid and chunky, but you can add 1% distilled water and heat it and it will become edible again. However, it can still be dangerous for infants to eat. Honey can actually be a preservative, and scientists found honey in pyramids in Egypt and were amazed because it didn't expire, even after thousands of years." ~Wikianswers
isn't honey amazing! and it's made by those busy bees. it's one of the foods i marvel at. and i love peanut butter honey sandwiches! ♥
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