Honey Recipes

Manuka Honey can be used in most baking recipes. Honey in baking improves the moisture content, tenure and flavour of a recipe, and because it is more easily metabolised than sugar, and has vitamins and minerals in, it must be better for us!

History tells us that honey has been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years, and modern research has revealed nutrients and antibacterial substances existing in all honeys, more in some types than others, which sets honey apart from all other spreads

As a Sugar Substitute:

• For each cup of sugar, substitute 2/3 cup of honey.
• Reduce other liquids by approximately 1/8 to 1/4.
• Add 1/4 tsp Baking Soda (Optional)
• Reduce the temperature by 20 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit, or 10 to 15 degrees celsius.

Try these delicious recipes from the Manuka Tree:

Granola Crunch Bar

A healthy and delicious snack for old and young alike.

1. Melt butter, honey and Brown Sugar
2. Mix with remaining ingredients.
3. Press into slice tin and Bake in low to moderate oven for 20 to 30 minutes.

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Honey Marinated Chicken Nibbles

1Kg Chicken Nibbles

Marinating Sauce

1. Mix all marinating ingredients together.
2. Add chicken nibbles, and marinate for at least one hour, turning or mixing often.
3. Place in baking dish and bake for 45 minutes to one hour at 160 degrees C.

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Rice Krispie Crunch

Here is a quick favourite the children will love!

1. Bring the Butter, Sugar and Honey to a boil and cook on low for 7 minutes.
2. Place Rice Krispies in a bowl, and Pour the Honey Mixture over and combine quickly.
3. Press into a greased Swiss Roll Tin, and cut while hot.

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Honey and Date Loaf

This makes a lovely loaf that all who appreciate dates will enjoy'.

1. Cover dates with boiling water, add Baking Soda. Allow to cool.
2. Cream butter, honey and egg together.
3. Mix dry ingredients together.
4. Add date mixture to creamed mixture and mix thoroughly
5. Add flour and baking powder and mix.
6. Decorate with whole dates and/or dried apricots if desired.
7. Bake in loaf tin at 150 degrees C for approximately 1 hour, or until skewer is clean when tested.

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Honey and Banana Pancakes (or Pikelets)

This is great as a children's after school snack.

1. Beat egg and sugar together.
2. Add 1/2 of flour and milk alternately.
3. Add salt and melted Butter and mix.
4. Combine Banana and Honey together and add to Pikelet Mixture.

Makes approximately 15 delicious pikelets.

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Honey Oaty Caramel Square

An absolutely delicious slice that combines the goodness of oats and seeds with the sweetness of caramel

Base

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add coconut and flour to butter mixture, and mix well.
3. Press into a flat tin and cook a little first (about 15 minutes).

Caramel

1. While base is cooking, bring caramel mixture to boil slowly over low heat for a minute or two.
2. Pour over base.

Oaty Topping

1. Melt butter and honey.
2. Add to other dry ingredients.
3. Spread over caramel mixture.
4. Bake slice for approximately 30 minutes at 150 degrees C. Be watchful that it doesn't burn or overcook.

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Honey Bran Muffins

A healthy and wholesome snack

1. Beat eggs and milk together.
2. Melt honey and margarine together and mix with egg and milk mixture.
3. Mix dry ingredients together, including bran.
4. Add any fruit at this stage to dry ingredients.
5. Quickly mix the liquid mixture in with the dry ingredients. DO NOT OVERMIX.
6. Put into greased muffin pans or pans lined with paper cup cake shells.
7. Decorate with sunflower seeds and a cherry if desired, and glaze with a hot honey glaze. etc.
8. Bake at 150 degrees C for 25 to 30 minutes.

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Fruit Cream Filling

This filling is ideal for putting between cake layers, sponges or gateaux

1. Liquidize the can of fruit.
2. Heat in a saucepan with honey. Bring to a boil.
3. Add cream and heat gently.
4. Thicken with the cornflour previously dissolved in some of the fruit juice or a small amount of water.

Variations:

(a) Brandied Fruit Filling: Add a dash of brandy.

(b) Fruit Sauce: Same as above but use less cornflour (perhaps half) or more juice to make a flowing consistency, and add the brandy to make a Brandied Fruit Sauce at Christmas time.

Lovely drizzled over meringues, pavlova or ice cream, etc.

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Easy Honey Muffins

A basic and simple recipe.

1. Melt honey and margarine.
2. Beat egg and milk together, add to honey mixture.
3. Mix dry ingredients together and add fruit.
4. Quickly mix dry ingredients into honey mixture DO NOT OVERMIX!
5. Bake in greased muffin pans at 150 degrees C for approximately 25 to 30 minutes.
6. Optional: Brush with a hot honey glaze and/or put a piece of apricot on top.
7. Variations.' Use chocolate chips instead of dried fruit, chopped kiwifruit or mashed banana. Process preserved apricots in mixture and spoon on top of muffin prior to cooking.

Makes 9 - 10 muffins.

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Honey Orange & Apricot Vegetable Sauce

Serve with cooked carrots or kumara

1. Bring juice and honey to a boil in a saucepan.
2. Thicken with cornflour, and cook until clear.
3. Serve hot with vegetables.

Mixed Fruit Loaf

A delicious, moist loaf for anyone who enjoys mixed fruit

1. Combine in a saucepan the water, honey, butter, fruit, baking soda and spices.
2. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Allow to cool.
4. Sift dry ingredients and mix with fruit mixture.
5. Decorate with chopped apricots, pumpkin seeds, slivered almonds, etc.
6. Bake in 2 loaf tins at 150 degrees C for one hour.

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Apple Cheese Muffins

Makes a wonderful very light muffin using cheddar cheese.

1. Cream butter and honey.
2. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
3. Sift dry ingredients. Stir into butter mixture.
4. Stir in oats, apples, cheese and walnuts. Mix well.
5. Add milk gradually, stirring only to moisten other ingredients.
6. Fill well-greased muffin pans 2/3 full. Dip apple slices first in melted butter, then in cinnamon sugar.
7. Press one slice into top of each muffin. Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon sugar.
8. Bake at 190 degrees C for 25 minutes.

Yields 12 to 15 muffins.