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Cooking and Baking Tips

Substitute honey cup for cup of sugar, but decrease the amount of liquid in the recipe by 1/4 cup.
When substituting honey for sugar in a recipe, bake the food longer and at an oven temperature 25 degrees lower than the original recipe called for.
Measure honey in a recipe after the oil or fat. This will keep the honey from sticking to the cup.
Honey is acidic. Add 1/2 tsp. of baking soda if a cup or more of honey is substituted for sugar. If baking soda is already used in the recipe do not.

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Recipes

GRANOLA CRISP

1 cup old fashioned rolled oats – uncooked ½ cup chopped walnuts ½ cup raisins ½ cup honey 2 egg whites ½ teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon cinnamon Dash of salt

Combine oats and walnuts in a medium bowl. Mix together honey, egg white, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt in s small bowl. Add honey mixture to oats and stir until well blended. Spray 11x17 pan with nonstick cooking spray. Spread mixture on pan evenly. Bake at 325 degrees for 15-17 minutes tossing mixture 3 to 4 times during baking. Remove from oven and cool completely. Add raisins after heating so they do not dry out and get hard.

Date Bars

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1 cup honey / ¼ tsp. salt / 3 eggs, well beaten / 2 - 8 oz pkg. chopped dates / 1 tsp. vanilla / 1 cup chopped nuts / 1 1/3 cups sifted flour / 1 tsp. baking powder / powdered sugar

Mix honey, eggs and vanilla. Beat well. Can use electric mixer. Add sifted dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well. Add dates and nuts and mix well. Spread in greased 13”x9”x2” baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees about 45 minutes. Cool in pan. Cut into 3’x1’ bars. Dust with powdered sugar. Makes about 40.

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CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

1/4 cup shortening                                                  1/3 cup honey                                                      1 egg
1 cup sifted flour                                                     ½ teaspoon baking soda                                   1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt                                                     ½ teaspoon vanilla                                            1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
¼ cup nuts (optional)

Cream together shortening and honey until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Add flour mixture to shortening mixture, add vanilla and cinnamon and mix well. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts if desired. Chill and then drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for 9 minutes.

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Blueberry Streusel Muffins

Muffins
2 cups flour                                                                                               Streusel Topping
1 cup sugar                                                                                               1/3 packed brown sugar
1 tsp. baking powder                                                                             1 Tsp. flour
½ tsp baking soda                                                                                 1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. salt                                                                                                2 Tsp. cold butter
2 eggs
½ cup melted butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 ½ cups blueberries

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl beat eggs, butter and vanilla. Stir this into the dry ingredients until just moistened. Batter will be stiff. Mix in blueberries. Fill greased or paper lined large muffin tins ¾ full of batter.

In another bowl mix the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Cut in the butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over the batter. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan.

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HONEY ANGEL FOOD

1 ½ cups of egg whites
1 ½ teaspoon of cream of tartar
¾ cup honey
½ teaspoon of salt
1 cup of cake flour
¼ teaspoon lemon extract

Add cream of tartar and salt to the egg whites. Beat the whites until they form stiff peaks. Add ½ of the honey slowly stirring it in. Add alternately in small quantities the flour (1/4 cup at a time) and the remaining honey. Add the lemon extract. Spoon the mixture into an angel food pan and bake at a temperature of 300 degrees F for 50 minutes. Invert pan, cool and remove from cake pan.

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