Theresa's Mixed Nuts: Golden Blossom Honey Makes Baking So Sweet!

Monday, November 10, 2014

Golden Blossom Honey Makes Baking So Sweet!

 *Disclosure: This post was brought to you by Advertise with Bloggers and Golden Blossom Honey I received a sample of the product for the purpose of a review. No monetary compensation was provided. All opinions stated are my own. 


I always keep honey stocked in my house, but it seems that when fall rolls around, I tend to use it a bit more. I prefer to sweeten my tea with honey over sugar, it is great for sore throats, and most of all, it tastes so good on some warm breakfast bread! I normally pick up a few bottles from my local farmers market, but I recently had the opportunity to try a new to me brand called Golden Blossom Honey.

Golden Blossom Honey

Golden Blossom Honey - Genuine Natural Pure Honey is unique mix of 3 different honeys, sourced 100% from the U.S.A. All of their honey is certified Kosher by the Orthodox Union. When you buy U.S. Honey, you support American Beekeepers and American Agriculture.

Golden Blossom Organic White Forest Honey is sourced from the White Forest Region in Northeast Brazil, and is a 100% Pure Product of Brazil. 1% of Organic sales are donated to Pollination Planet, which helps to educate Beekeepers and the public on the importance of saving bees and other pollinators so we can protect our food supply.

I've sampled a lot of honey over the years, and Golden Blossom Honey is definitely high quality honey. It has a smooth consistency and rich delicious flavor, just what I look for in honey!

I was recently in the mood for some honey bread, and thought I'd browse the Golden Blossom Honey recipes. I was almost as impressed with their vast recipe selection as I was with the honey! The recipe section is so huge, you can pretty much find any recipe that includes honey right on the website! I found this Honey and Yogurt Raisin Bread recipe and knew it was going to be something I was going to love to have for breakfast with my normal cup of hot tea.

Honey Raisin Bread


Honey and Yogurt Raisin Bread

Ingredients
2 3/4 cups flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2 Tablespoons shortening
1/2 cup GOLDEN BLOSSOM HONEY
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup plain yogurt
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions
Preheat oven to 325°. Grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Beat egg, shortening and honey in bowl. Stir in flour mixture alternately with milk and yogurt just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in raisins and pecans. Spoon into pan. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center tests clean. If browning too fast, cover with foil. Remove bread from pan to rack. Let stand overnight before slicing.

The bread came out so moist and delicious, and it was to die for when topped with some whipped honey butter!

Honey Butter

To make the whipped honey butter, blend 1 softened stick of unsalted butter with 1/4 cup of Golden Blossom Honey with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.


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If you would like to learn more about Golden Blossom Honey, be sure to visit the product information section of their website.


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94 comments:

  1. I put honey in warm milk to get a good night's sleep. Works like a charm.

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  2. honey...much better than sugar for sure..We usually put it on tea :)...love the recipe you share, looks yuum..

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  3. Can you believe I have never baked with honey before? I use it on my ham and in my tea when I am sick, but I need to bake with it!

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  4. You'd figure all honey is organic. Do we really use pesticide on a beehives? Sounds a bit cruel

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    1. tones of honey is not honey because many producers put corn syrup in it :(

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  5. Love the pics that you've shot! I adore honey and I wish we had it packed in such lovely and practical bottles like you have, our honey is in plain old glass jars. And it is extremely expensive these days since the floods in the spring killed lot of bees and their plants and beehives too!

    I eat honey every day, usually put it in my mashed banana, squeezed tangerine juice since honey is better when resolved in a liquid (not hot)!

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    1. I imagine it's a bit difficult to get out of those glass bottles. I always look for a squeezable bottle to make it easier. And not those stupid bear shaped honey bottles that are super hard and uncomfortable to squeeze.

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    2. Well, we have to use a spoon to take it out :) And if you use a spoon, never use a metalic one with honey (it messes with the minerals in it) but a wooden or a plastic one.
      Forgot to ad that I love that seethrough teacup of yours! Always adored them, never could find them.

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    3. Thank you! It's the cheapest one I ever bought. Picked it up for $1 at the $1 store :)

      Great tip about the metallic spoon. I had no idea it messed with the minerals!

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    4. Yep, no metal and no hot liquid with honey... but honey does like is cinnamon and also ginger (those combinations are said to cure all possible diseases)

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    5. PS I've put my name into the giveaway form above eventhough I'm not in USA, because if I win by any chance I plan to pass it onto one of our blogging friends who has cancer, and you know how honey is good for immune system

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    6. Awe! That's so sweet of you Dezzy! And you are right. I remember my dad eating a lot of honey when he was dying from the cancer too!

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    7. I know some people who cured themselves from it by eating tones of honey mixed with grated ginger and lemon.

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    8. PS sorry to hear about your dad, didn't know he died from cancer :( Mine died from diabetes.

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    9. Thank you Dezzy :) I am sorry about your dad too. Cancer is big on my side of the family and diabetes is big on Jason's, so I fear our girls have a lot to worry about health wise. Fingers crossed cures will be found before either become an issue for them.

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  6. My favorite thing is English muffin bread, toasted, with butter and honey. Oh, glory! You took really great photos.

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  7. I've never eaten honey, I don't think

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    1. Really Pat? You must live under a rock or something.

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    2. Hahaha! Well, Pat is even pickier when it comes to food than we are Terry, so I guess it isn't too surprising.

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  8. I like that they make an organic honey. I love it in my smoothies.
    My Hubs is huge on honey, he especially likes it on bisquits.

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  9. I love their recipe section, so many great things to choose! The bread you have here looks so good!

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  10. This sounds really good and the whipped honey butter just tops it off. I will have to try using honey when I bake.

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  11. The honey butter sounds amazing! I'd love to try some of that, yum :)

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  13. I've never made honey butter before, but I should. I'm obsessed with honey!!!! Everything here looks delicious!

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  14. We use Golden Blossom Honey in our home too. I love to add it to my tea during the winter.

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  15. I like to put honey in my hot tea and also in my morning oatmeal!

    skkorman AT bellsouth DOT net

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  16. I rely on honey in my tea when I'm sick. That recipe looks yummy.

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  17. I I seriously love this brand of honey. Hot water with honey and lemon is my go to for sore throats during cold season.

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  18. I love honey butter, which I haven't thought about in a while. I'm now totally craving it!

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  19. I would love to have a slice of that honey yogurt raisin bread and a cup of tea. It looks delicious. Of course I would love it topped with honey butter too, Yum!!

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  20. I like honey with bread and biscuits. Plus I like to use honey when my son is coughing a lot. It helps to soothe his cough and tastes good.

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  21. I have to admit I love honey on toast, or crackers absolutely delicious - ohh I really fancy some now.

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  22. Oh my goodness. I LOVE honey butter but have never made it. I think I need to now.

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  23. The honey and yogurt bread looks amazing. I love all of these ideas!

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  24. never had this bread with yogurt before! quite a discovery.
    the products looks amazing and we are big on honey here

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  25. I love honey on homemade rolls. Ok I love it on everything.

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  26. I love putting honey in most everything I bake! It's truly amazing! And delicious!

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  27. I love honey on almost everything. I put it in my bbq sauce when I'm baking and use it as a sweetener as well.

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  28. I drink a lot of tea, but sometimes I like steamed almond milk with honey and cinnamon. It helps me sleep!

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  29. I'd like to use it on protein bites that I make. I love honey!

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  30. I love using honey as a sweetener in a lot of recipes. My favorite however is my afternoon greentea with honey.

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  31. Seems like a good one to use for a lot of things in the kitchen

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  32. That whipped honey butter looks so tempting! I gotta try making it.

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  33. Hmm, I love me some honey butter on freshly baked rolls. Your post is making me want to make some tomorrow!

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  34. Honey is awesome! I get it from a local farm, which is always best. This sounds great! Like that it's organic, too it's a great company

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  35. We always have honey in the house I'm not big on sweetners or sugar but I do love honey

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  36. Sign me up for that honey butter! I need it in my life.

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  37. That honey butter sounds so goooooood! I am making some next chance I get!

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  38. We just started using local honey as we heard it can help with allergies. I need to try that honey butter! Looks fantastic.

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  39. I really love baking with honey, and your bread is SO cute! Love how you wrapped it up!

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  40. That Whipped Honey Butter looks delicious. I love to bake with Honey. I will have to try the Bread recipe.

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  41. Now I am in the mood to turn on my tea pot and make some tea..of course I need to make this bread and butter too. I love using raw honey and have a great supplier here in MI. So tasty.

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  42. We use Golden Blossom Honey all the time. Mostly for tea but I wouldn't mind baking that Honey and Yogurt Raisin Bread recipe. It looks yummy!

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  43. Wow, these look so good! I'm a sucker for honey butter!

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  44. I pinned the honey butter! That looks so amazing I must recreate one day!

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  45. Oh man! I NEED that bread and honey butter! I'm headed to their recipe section NOW!

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  46. The best addition to bread is honey :) This looks incredible.

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  47. I love honey-and Golden Blossom has been in my families pantries for three generations! I am quite happy just taking a slice of Challah (egg) bread and pouring honey over it and eating. Pure ecstasy!

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  48. Honey butter is so good. That totally looks amazing. Amber N

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  49. Oh I love good honey! It's great for tea when you have a soar throat! That raisin looks amazing too, going to have to try to make it!

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  50. I like to use raw honey in herbal tea. I almost never go without it.

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  51. This is amazing! I've never had whipped honey butter before but I can imagine how delicious it would be to spread some over a nice warm raisin bread!! Yum!!

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  52. Oh My Gosh.... I have to make this like now... yesterday now!!! Haha I looks so amazing!! Thank you for sharing!!!

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  53. I love honey. My mom used it instead of sugar in all recipes when I was growing up.

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  54. Honey is a great sweetener and can be found very un-altered, especially witht he organic ones.

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  55. My favorite sandwich is a peanut butter and honey on raisin bread. I also use honey in my tea.

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  56. I like honey with peanut butter for peanut butter and honey sandwiches!

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  57. I have tons of this honey in my pantry right now. It is so delicious and healthy.

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  58. I adore a peanut butter sandwich with honey and golden raisins. I make this sandwich at least once a week. in the afternoon honey gives you a nice energy boost and no sugar crash!
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  59. I use a local farm to get my honey, but that organic white honey looks amazing. I should try baking with it more. So yummy!

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  60. I love honey on cornbread, in tea and a peanut butter sandwich

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  61. I like honey on a saltine, it's delicious!

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  62. I love to eat honey on my biscuits and gravy for breakfast.

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  63. That looks delicious. I'd love to have that in the morning with a cup of tea.

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  64. I use honey every morning in my coffee with cinnamon to get me going in the morning. I also like honey on my french toast.

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  65. I love honey on lots of things but my favorite is spread on crescent rolls before rolling them and baking. They are awesome!

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  66. I would use this honey in so many recipes! My tea, my homemade pizza dough, marinades, on my biscuits, I could go on and on!

    heatherp626@msn.com

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  67. I make drop biscuits called toads and they are delish with butter and honey slathered on them. Thank-you for the wonderful giveaway contest. :)

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  68. My favorite thing to put honey on is hot buttered homemade biscuits!

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  69. I use honey in my bread baking and also in my tea.

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  70. I love making crockpot honey chicken!

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  71. We love using honey in our tea and on our morning oatmeal.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

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  72. I am glad you had this conversation with Dez - we get our honey in big mason jars and I never knew not to use metal - have been doing it forever. We have one of those wooden honey dippers but I've never used it. I'll change my ways now.

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  73. I would use the honey for a German bee sting cake. It has honey, almonds, cream! So yummy!

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  74. I like to use honey on my toast for breakfast.

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  75. I love using honey, along with butter, on homemade biscuits.

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  76. I like to use it on chicken strips

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  77. Thanks for the giveaway…we use honey in our tea, and in our baking !

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  78. I love to use honey with my chicken strips and with my afternoon tea!

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