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Honey For The Holidays!

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What are your favorite ways to use honey for the holidays?

The holidays can bee a fun time to get together with family and friends.  There are different activities, cooking, watching movies, talking, playing games, and EATING!!!  We thought we would share some of our favorite ways to use honey for the holidays.  We love to use honey in everything we do; from cooking to gift giving.  Here are some helpful tips on how to use honey to keep everyone buzzing!

Breakfast:

  • Fireweed honey, alpine wildflower honey, and apple cinnamon honey syrup are top picks for; pancakes, waffles, and crepes
  • Pepper bee hot honey sauce is used for biscuits and gravy
  • Blackberry, pomegranate, or blueberry blossom honeys are a must have for muffins
  • Bumbleberry, black cherry, or peach honey jams are bee-licious on French toast or bagels
  • Hawaiian Creamy Lehua honey is used to make honey butters and whipped cream cheese

Lunch:

  • Honey mustard is amazing on finger sandwiches, soft pretzels, and potato salad
  • Starthistle honey is used for coleslaw
  • Peach, jalapeno, and apricot habanero jams are great for charcuterie boards
  • HOT honey is used for chicken salad
  • Orange honey is used for hot cross buns

Dinner:

  • Lockhart honey for honey ham
  • Coriander honey for lamb
  • Rocky Ford honey for dinner rolls
  • Rabbit Brush honey for sweet potatoes
  • Clover honey for honey glazed carrots

Other uses for honey:

  • Coffee and tea
  • Homemade ice cream
  • Cinnamon rolls
  • With heavy cream for homemade whipped cream
  • Raw food bars
  • Yogurt

Gift Giving:

  • Bumbleberry, mountain peach, and apple cinnamon whipped honeys are top sellers for gift giving (adults and kids love having their “own” jar)
  • Honey Lollipops
  • Honey Spoons
  • Honey Sticks
  • Honey Caramels
  • Honey dark chocolate patties
  • Stuffed honey bees
  • Honey Lotion
  • Honey

We hope this sparks some curiosity, experimentation, and excitement for honey this year! We LOVE using honey, but we also enjoy showing others how to use it too! Remember, at The Honey Cottage we do taste samples! So, you can find the right honey before you get home!

From Our Hive to Yours,

Bee Queen