Hey Honey, Honey

Honey is a wonderful addition to your sugar storage. Not only will it be good on your sandwiches, but it can be used in many different ways...

• 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 is one of natures best energy foods because it contains many carbohydrates. It is different from cane sugar, which is also an energy food, because honey also contains small amounts of protein, minerals and vitamins. Honey is the only form of sugar that does not need to be refined." ~ Bee Prepared Cookbook

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.