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Whether you're drizzling honey over breakfast, glazing grilled shrimp, or creating an elegant cheeseboard, these recipes celebrate the remarkable versatility of pure, raw Iowa honey.

Looking for the perfect honey? Different recipes shine with different varietals. Explore our Black Locust, Linden, and Wildflower honeys.

Honey acts like a humectant in baked goods, and it's antimicrobial properties delay spoilage and extend the shelf life of your favorite bakery treats!  Honey also draws and retains moisture, locking in meats natural juices to ensure your chicken, steak, etc., come out juicy and tender!

Recipe resources​

 

Cooking with Honey

  • To substitute honey for granulated sugar, begin by substituting honey for up to half the sugar in the recipe.

  • For baked goods, reduce the oven temperature by 25ºF to prevent overbrowning.

  • Reduce any liquid by ¼ cup for each cup honey used.

  • Add ½ teaspoon baking soda for each cup of honey used.

Recipes with Honey!

Honey Buttermilk Biscuits

These homemade buttermilk biscuits have fluffy, flaky layers and a sweet honey butter topping. They take just 35 minutes to make with just 6 ingredients!

Whipped Cottage Cheese and Honey (Dip or Spread)

This whipped Cottage Cheese and Honey Recipe for fruit or your favorite bread is the ultimate sweet and savory breakfast spread or dip! Ready in 5 minutes, creamy, delicious, and satisfying enough to keep you full until lunch. It's a little salty, a little sweet, and totally creamy & delicious.

Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

Recipe does NOT have honey. These thumbprint cookies are filled with raspberry jam and drizzled with a sweet glaze. They look so pretty on a cookie tray and taste delicious!

Honey Lavender Lemonade

This highly rated Honey Lavender Lemonade is perfectly balanced, intensely refreshing, and uses raw honey instead of refined granulated sugar.

The Classic Honey Lavender Shortbread Recipe

This foundational, well-loved method requires about 30 minutes of prep and yields approximately 24 cookies.

Honey Lavender Butter

It tastes amazing on scones, banana bread, toast, pancakes, waffles, Dutch babies, coffee cake, muffins, bagels. Chefs recommend that it is best eaten with a PLAIN bakery item, such as crusty bread!

Whipped Honey Butter

Easy to make, yummy to eat! Add 1 teaspoon of grated orange peel for breakfast or brunch.

Golden Sweet Cornbread

Skip the store-bought mix and make cornbread from scratch. This homemade cornbread recipe makes a perfectly moist, subtly sweet bread that pairs perfectly with so many of your favorite comfort foods.

Perfect Charcuterie Board

Perfect for summer entertaining - when it starts to get hot and sticky, consider keeping your meal light with a charcuterie board.

Fruit Drizzle

My grand children love to come to our house, and prepare the drizzle and use it on fresh strawberries and blueberries.

Peachy Keen

This is one of our favorite recipes - especially during the summer when you can get home-grown tomatoes!

Baked Brie with Honey & Nuts

Another favorite recipe! I served this dish (didn't heat the cheese) at a recent gathering, and it got rave reviews!

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