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Maine maple syrup recipes, Maine honey recipes
SUMMER TIME TREATS
HEALTHY GLAZE
For a sweet treat, toss your fresh berries with
- 1 tablespoon lime or lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon SPRING BREAK pure honey
NOTE: If desired add 1/2 teaspoon crystallized ginger
MORNING PARFAIT
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel (set aside)
- 2 Tablespoons orange juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 of an 8 ounce package reduced-fat cream cheese
- 1 Tablespoon sugar or 1-2 Tablespoons SPRING BREAK pure honey
- 2 cups fresh raspberries, blueberries, sliced strawberries and/or cut up peaches
- 1/2 cup low-fat granola
Honey (optional)
In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine raisins and orange juice. Cover and microwave on high for 30-45 seconds, let stand for 1 minute to plump raisins. Stir in vanilla, set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese and sugar or honey, beat with an electric mixer on low to medium speed until smooth. Stir in raisin mixture and the 1 teaspoon orange peel.
In four parfait glasses, layer half of the cream cheese mixture, half of the fruit and half of the granola. Repeat layers. If desired drizzle with honey and garnish with more shredded orange peel.
NOTE: I drizzle honey on mixed fruit then put in parfait glasses.
BBQ SAUCE
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup chili sauce
- 1/2 cup SPRING BREAK maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
Mix all ingredients in a saucepan and heat over low heat for about 10 minutes. Store in refrigerator
RHUBARB COFFEE CAKE
- 1/2 cup SPRING BREAK maple syrup
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 egg
- 2 cups unbleached flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- 1 1/2 cups to 2 1/2 cups rhubarb cut into 1/2 inch pieces coated with 1 tablespoon SPRING BREAK pure maple syrup
TOPPING
- 1/2 brown sugar or 2/3 cup maple sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons SPRING BREAK pure maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream maple syrup, brown sugar, butter and egg. Mix flour, baking soda, and salt, add to creamed mixture alternating with sour cream. Stir in rhubarb. Turn into a greased 9 X 13 inch pan and sprinkle with topping. Bake for 30 - 40 minutes
MEAT RUB
- 2 Tablespoons butcher black pepper
- 1 Tablespoon Spanish paprika**
- 1-2 Tablespoons SPRING BREAK pure maple sugar
- 1 Tablespoon kosher salt
- *Spanish paprika is sweeter than regular paprika, recommended for this rub.
Coat both sides of meat with meat rub and place in over or on grill to cook.
HONEY SHOULD NOT BE FED TO INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. HONEY IS A SAFE AND WHOLESOME FOOD FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
SUBSTITUTING HONEY IN YOUR RECIPES
- Substituting honey for sugar in your favorite recipes is easy! For sauces, marinades and salad dressings, substitute up to half the sugar in a recipe with Spring Break pure honey.
- When baking, substitute up to half the sugar with honey. For each cup of honey used: *Reduce any liquid by 1/4 cup
*Add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
*Reduce oven temperature by 25 degrees F to prevent over browning.
SUBSTITUTING MAPLE SYRUP IN YOUR RECIPES
- GENERAL COOKING: Use three fourths the amount of maple syrup as sugar in a recipe.
- BAKING: For every cup of sugar, substitute 3/4 to 1 1/2 cup maple syrup, and reduce the dominant liquid in the recipe by 2 to 4 tablespoons. Don't cut back on a liquid that is likely to alter the flavor or texture of a recipe, such as the liqueur, oil or egg, when you have 2 cups of milk to play with. You may also need to add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon baking soda to reduce maple syrup's slight acidity; this will not be necessary in recipes with buttermilk, sour milk or sour cream.
- As for substituting maple syrup for honey, I've found you can almost always succeed with an equivalent substitution.
HONEY AS MEDICINE
- When eaten daily, pure honey will reduce your body's susceptibility to infections.
- Many doctors recommend equal parts of honey, lemon and whiskey as an extremely effective cough syrup.
- Sore throats--Swallowing a teaspoon of honey may soothe a sore throat or cough.
- Boost your daily supply of antioxidants by eating honey.
- Honey is a great source of vitamins and minerals, such as vitamin B6, thiamin, niacin, riboflavin and pantothenic acid.
PURE MAPLE SYRUP IS NATURALLY ORGANIC
WE OFTEN GET QUESTIONS ABOUT USING MAPLE SUGAR, MAPLE CREAM AND CREAMED HONEY so here are some examples of what they are and how we use them.
- First maple sugar is pure maple syrup that has been heated to a very high temperature then it explodes leaving granules. You use maple sugar in any recipe that calls for brown sugar. It can also be mixed with cinnamon and sprinkled on toast, biscuits, pancakes, or sprinkle just the maple sugar. It is good on oatmeal, in coffee, ice-cream and my favorite is to sprinkle it on cooked turnip or squash.
- Maple Cream is pure maple syrup heated then cooled and stirred until a creamy-buttery texture is reached. It is also know by Canadians as "MAPLE BUTTER", however it does NOT contain any butter. This can be spread on molasses cookies, hot biscuits, toast especially homemade bread, english muffins, pancakes, peanut butter sandwiches, whoopie pie filling or on anything you would put butter on but want a maple flavor.
- Creamed honey is a pure bee's honey that has been creamed and crystallized to a buttery consistancy. Usually you don't refrigerate honey but creamed honey does require refrigeration. Try it in a sandwiche with peanut butter, pancakes, toast, especially homemade bread, biscuits, english muffins, and anything else you like honey on. Creamed honey may be flavored with fruit or cinnamon.
If you find another way to use any of these products and would like to share your ideas with us, please feel free to email us at info@mainemapleandhoney.com. |
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