Delicious Honey Recipes

Honey is a great replacement to use as a sweetener in all of your baking and cooking.

One cup of honey replaces one cup of sugar. Since honey is a liquid, reduce other liquids in your recipes slightly when replacing sugar with honey. You can also add slightly more flour or baking soda to baked goods when replacing sugar with honey, and bake at a slightly lower temperature.

We love using honey in our recipes, and want to share some of our favourites with you!

Canning with Honey

Instructions

Cold pack fruit firmly into jars. Make sure jars and lids have all been sterilized. To prevent fruit such as peaches and pears from browning, use Fruit Fresh according to directions. First, boil the water, then remove from heat and stir in the honey until dissolved. The sweetness of the syrup is a matter of personal taste.

  • Light Syrup: 1 cup Nixon Honey to 4 cups water
  • Medium Syrup: 2 cups Nixon Honey to 4 cups water
  • Heavy Syrup: 3 cups Nixon Honey to 4 cups water

Pour the boiling hot syrup over the cold packed fruit, leaving half an inch of space at the top of the jar.

After filling the jars with hot syrup, immediately tighten down the lids as firmly as possible. Process in hot water canner. Begin timing as soon as the water boils.

Cooking Times

Cooking times are for canning in quart jars. If using pints, decrease the time by 5 minutes.

  • Apricots: 30 minutes
  • Peaches: 30 minutes
  • Pears: 30 minutes
  • Plums: 25 minutes
  • Cherries: 20 minutes

Cinnamon honey butter

Glazed Skillet Chicken

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter (room temp)
  • 1 cup Nixon Honey
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Beat the soften butter and honey until smooth, blend in remaining ingredients until smooth.  Serve at room temperature.

Glazed Skillet Chicken

Glazed Skillet Chicken

Ingredients

  • 1 3-lb. frying chicken, cut up or chicken breasts
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1/4 cup Nixon Honey
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp. paprika
  • 1/2 tsp. dry mustard

Instructions

Wipe chicken dry. Season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in skillet. Place chicken skin side down in skillet. Brown on each side. Cover and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Mix together rest of ingredients. Pour over chicken, turning to coat. Continue cooking, uncovered, about 20 minutes. Baste frequently to glaze. Chicken is done when it’s fork tender.