Tell me about baking with honey instead of sugar

Mrs.Greg

I have never replaced sugar with honey but I'd like to try it. I want to make oatmeal cookies. The recipe calls for 1/2 cup sugar and 3/4 cup brown sugar. Can I replace both with honey? If so, would it just be 1 and 1/4 cup of honey? [I think I added those fractions correctly...]

Amanda88

I'd look for a recipe that uses honey instead. The issue would be with the residual sugar difference (how sweet it would taste) and consistency (dry to wet ratio).

MesmrEwe

I agree with the PP in looking at recipes that use honey as the sweetener first...  You don't need NEARLY as much honey as you would sugar in a recipe as the honey has a higher sweetness level than sugar would. 

This is sort of the "time tested" cookbook that we used in our family (of beekeepers)... https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Golden-Treasure-Honey-Cookbook/dp/B0040UHVLC/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&qid=1362854102&sr=8-22&keywords=Honey+Cookbooks

Also, check out honey.com from the National Honey Board's recipes...