Is honey a good substitute for sugar?

VJsmum

kathrynha wrote: »

I use pureed apple in cakes and biscuits to replace the fat and sugar (and some of the egg if it's too runny). Some recipes I find need a little honey is the apple isn't sweet enough. I puree eating apples as they are sweeter than cookers.
Other fruit would probably work too.

Ok, this is interesting. How do you know how much to substitute - is it gram for gram?

marmiterulesok

VJsmum wrote: »

Ok, this is interesting. How do you know how much to substitute - is it gram for gram?

Yes,I would also be interested in some more details please.

tori.k

It depends on which apple's and how sweet add in some vanilla for a sweeter applesauce, TBH I tend to reduce by a third then add in more if I think my cake/biscuit batter needs it you will find you need to reduce the liquid in a recipe as well or it will turn out soggy.

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I am a great believer in honey instead of sugar, when I am poaching pears or cooking apples,or indeed any fruit. I have never liked the taste of sugar much anyway (growing up with rationing helped as there was so little available)
As for sugar in tea, years ago I decided to cut back from two tea spoons gradually a bit at a time until I stopped using it altogether
In fact in my house apart from brown sugar or caster for baking I don't even keep sugar at all

I bet my late OH who had a sweet tooth if he stopped using it for a week he'd never use it again, and he tried and lost the taste for it altogether . I look after four of my grandsons on a regular basis and the eldest Ben (18) who decided he was old enough to enjoy a coffee now and again has never had sugar in it and the 13 year old Henry who likes a cup of tea also doesn't take sugar The other two still prefer OJ or squash at the moment.
Henry either has tea or water as he's not keen of fruit drinks at all. When cooking soft fruit I just dollop (techy term )a desert spoonful into the saucepan along with a little water and the fruit is cooked fine, and most fruit have a small amount of sweetness anyway.

I don't drink or enjoy fizzy drinks much and can't seee the point of 'diet' drinks.I always smile when I have seen in MaccyDs someone with a huge burger and chips meal ask for a diet coke !!! as though that evens up the fact their eating full fat greasy burgers and chips :):):)

kathrynha

VJsmum wrote: »

Ok, this is interesting. How do you know how much to substitute - is it gram for gram?

I'm afraid I don't tend to measure when I bake, I just do it till it looks right.

marmiterulesok

JackieO wrote: »

When cooking soft fruit I just dollop (techy term )a desert spoonful into the saucepan along with a little water and the fruit is cooked fine, and most fruit have a small amount of sweetness anyway.

I don't drink or enjoy fizzy drinks much and can't seee the point of 'diet' drinks.I always smile when I have seen in MaccyDs someone with a huge burger and chips meal ask for a diet coke !!! as though that evens up the fact their eating full fat greasy burgers and chips :):):)

I make stewed apples with some cinnamon and water,and they taste lovely.No sugar needed.

I think the same thing when people are choosing a heavy or calorific meal,and ask for a diet drink. :rotfl:

CupOfChai

I ask for diet drinks with uber-calorific food. I don't like the full sugar drinks! Plus, teeth.

I started out taking sugar in tea and coffee, but weaned myself off it exactly the same way as JackieO. I do have a sweet tooth though and find it very difficult to have a cup of tea with no "something", a bit of cake or a few biscuits or whatever.

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Feet up, large cuppa, , a couple of ginger nuts and my wireless perfect bliss for me :):)

adouglasmhor

marmiterulesok wrote: »

I make stewed apples with some cinnamon and water,and they taste lovely.No sugar needed.

I think the same thing when people are choosing a heavy or calorific meal,and ask for a diet drink. :rotfl:

I count everything I eat and while I might fancy and have enough calories for a big meal, I might not have enough left over for a sugar laden cola but i may fancy a can of pop, say with a pizza. Saying that I probably drink a can of pop every month or two - diet or full carb, I am not a big fan. 139 cals in a can of Coke, Half a Guinness 99 cals, Glass of water ) clas.

Lizling

kboss2010 wrote: »

SThose things make me laugh. Unless you're an Olympic athlete training for 5 hours a day, why do you need isotonic sports drinks? I go to the gym to burn calories, why would I drink extra ones to compensate for the ones I'm burning?

Going off topic a bit, but it's because after just 2 hours or so of intense exercise such as running, your blood sugar can get low enough that you feel really awful until you've replenished it.

If you're, for example, an amateur marathon runner, you could be running for double or even triple that amount of time, so you need something really high in sugar but easily digested.

Chocolate milk is still better though (for after a race, I mean, not during!)