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57 Honey-Filled Recipes You'll Love

From pastries to vegetable glazes, here are all of the best ways to cook with our favorite sweetener.
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    Pecan-Orange Baklava Pie

    Bourbon-honey syrup and fragrant orange zest add rich flavor to this baklava-pie hybrid.

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    Breakfast Yogurt Pops with Fruit and Granola

    These healthy frozen yogurt treats are sweetened with just a touch of honey. Adults and kids alike will love waking up to these fruit-studded, high-protein, low-sugar yogurt pops.

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    Barley Porridge with Honeyed Plums

    The honeyed plums have a sweet but brightly acidic flavor, which suits them well as a topping for this savory porridge.

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    Honey Brioche

    Make it as a whole loaf or turn it into rolls; any way you bake it, it’s a winner, and you can use this method to create all sorts of variations.

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    Hot Honey Butter

    For this spicy-sweet condiment that's good on almost anything, use a hot sauce that isn’t just heat and vinegar but has a personality of its own. We like Frank’s.

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    Cherry Compote with Honey Yogurt

    The honey adds a floral sweetness to the yogurt, while the cherries add bright, acidic, fruit flavor for a breakfast that's good enough to be dessert.

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    Beer's Knees

    Be sure to completely dissolve the honey before adding the ice since it will clump and go nowhere once it's cold.

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    High Honey-Sriracha Popcorn

    No cannabis? No problem—skip it and you’ll still have a killer spicy-sweet popcorn.

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    Granola Bars with Dried Fruit and Seeds

    A combination of nut butter, dried fruit, honey, and lots of seeds makes these chewy homemade granola bars downright irresistible.

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    Instant Pot Sticky Hoisin Baby Back Ribs

    Honey lends a pleasant sweetness to these tender ribs. Cooking ribs under pressure means they get incredibly tender without falling apart or shredding—in a fraction of the time as braising and with no attention needed.

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    Goat Cheese, Honey, and Rye Crust Pie

    This pie, modeled after recipes made by the ancient Romans, is cheesecake-like in texture and gets its gentle sweetness from a good bit of honey.

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    No-Bake Energy Bites with Oats and Dried Cherries

    These coconut- and oat-studded bites sweetened with sticky honey come together in just one bowl—keep them on hand for a healthy anytime pick-me-up.

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    Fluffy Cathead Biscuits With Honey Butter

    Cathead biscuits are a Southern staple whose name refers to their large size (about as big as a cat's head). The result is a fluffy (rather than flaky) biscuit, ready to be split and spread with flavorful honey butter.

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    Dark Ginger Rye Cake With Yogurt and Honey

    Richly spiced gingerbread with the texture of a moist, dense devil’s food cake, this recipe only gets better if you make it ahead.

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    Roasted Hot-Honey Shrimp with Bok Choy and Kimchi Rice

    Roast bok choy and shrimp marinated in honey and soy in a hot oven while a pot of kimchi rice steams on the stovetop for a nearly hands-off, flavor-packed dinner.

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  • Jonathan Lovekin
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    Honey-Roasted Carrots With Tahini Yogurt

    Adding some honey to the pan before roasting carrots ups their sweet, caramelized flavor. I'm not sure what Dulcie would have thought about a tahini yogurt sauce served alongside, but the sweetness of the carrots certainly welcomes it.

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    BA's Best Morning Buns

    The dough for these morning buns are sweetened with more than a touch of honey, adding bright, sweet flavor.

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    Honey-Garlic Noodles

    These honey-garlic noodles are perfect as is, or as a side dish served with chicken, steak, or a fried egg or tossed with your favorite stir-fried veggies.

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    Slow-Cooker Star Anise–Black Pepper Hot Toddy

    This warming, spiced toddy starts with a black tea base and is sweetened with honey, of course. English breakfast tea is especially good with the black pepper and star anise, but Earl Grey would be nice, too.

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    Spicy Honey Mustard Sauce

    This is the standard for measuring all honey mustard sauces. Why does it beat bottled? Two kinds of mustard (dry and Dijon) and a pinch of cayenne.

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  • Kimberly Sentner
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    Honey Cake

    Snowy sea salt and smooth chocolate are pouring down the side of this honey cake. We're hard pressed to find a better combination.

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  • Ture Lillegraven
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    Honey-Caramel Ice Cream Sundaes with Apples

    Can you really improve caramel sauce? Yes, with one special ingredient. Adding honey to the initial sauce imbues it with a richer, smoother flavor.

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  • William Abranowicz
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    Orange-Blossom-Honey Madeleines

    Introducing the citrus-scented cake that cooks in just 10 minutes. Serve these madeleines with ginger-yogurt mousse and pistachio meringue, and the party will come to you.

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  • Jamie Chung
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    Honey-Marinated Pork with Gremolata

    Honey is a great mixer, marinades included. After marinating this juicy pork, reduce the honey marinade with some white wine and aromatics for a sauce.

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  • Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott
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    Salted Honey and Chocolate Bark

    There are no cookie cutters, sprinkles, or icing necessary for these honey-chocolate bars, just you and a hankering for honey.

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  • Christina Holmes
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    Spicy Honey-Glazed Parsnips

    Tame parnsips' bite like a boss. Cut out the woody interior, coat them in honey for a sweet glaze, and make eating your vegetables as easy as eating candy.

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  • Lara Ferroni
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    Vanilla Snack Cakes

    Turn junk food into a delicious (and preservative-free) dessert with a little help from honey.

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    Halvah Mille-Feuilles

    Halva, the honey-and-sesame-rich Middle Eastern confection, comes in the form of a cream in this mille-feuilles.

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    Caramelized-Honey Brûlée

    One of our favorite sounds in food: the snap of the crust on this honeyed brûlèe. After breaking the top, there's an equally rich custard filing underneath.

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    Peach Dutch Baby With Cherry Compote

    The Dutch baby is like a soufflé that's supposed to sink. When pulling it out of the oven, it'll deflate, leaving room for a well of honeyed fruit filling.

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