Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Tips When Using Honey In Baking Your Sweets

By Heidi Canister

Just because you want to live a health lifestyle it does not mean that you cannot cook your own sweets. You could try to cook things without sugar and just replace it with honey instead. Honey metabolizes slower in your system so you do not get that same high as you would when eating sugar.

Many people do not think about using honey as a substitute because it can sometimes be a little awkward to use when cooking. But it does not have to be that way because honey can in fact be quite easy to use once you know how to handle it properly.

The first thing that people always pick up on is that honey has a tendency to burn quite easily on a high heat. Well that does not have to be a problem as you can just lower the heat slightly and cook things a little slower.

Another problem with using honey for some culinary delights is that it is basically a liquid and as such it can ruin some sweets if you are not careful.

When making items such as cookies or cakes, honey could be a bit of a problem unless you actually decrease the amount of liquid that you would normally use and replace it with the honey. Other items such as muffins should not really constitute a problem when using honey.

If you plan to use the honey in your pie fillings then you should not really encounter many problems. But if for some reason you think that the filling is a little runny then you just need to thicken it a little before adding the honey.

Some people will not use the honey because they say that the taste is too strong. If you think like that then you could try using a milder honey instead such as clover honey.

You could even use another type of sweetener if you think that the honey will detract from the taste that you want to acquire.

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