Honey Macaroons
Honey Macaroons are oven-baked biscuits soaked in syrup. Traditionally made as a Christmas sweet, the beauty of Honey Macaroons is that every home-cook can make them. Enjoy!
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A sweet tooth, three fizzy drinks a week increase the risk of breast cancer, study claims
A diet high in sweet foods and sugar-sweetened drinks is associated with increased breast density, according to a new study funded in part by the Canadian Cancer Society. Increased breast density is a well-established risk factor for breast cancer.
Turkish Cheesecake – Künefe
The Turkish Cheesecake Künefe or Kanafeh is the Middle Eastern version of Cheesecake. Unlike the Western iterations of the concept Künefe does not contain cream as a cooking ingredient. There are many ways to make Künefe. Some call for a frying pan or skillet; others use the oven; most of them use sugar; others use honey; some suggest to serve Künefe with Kaymak (buffalo milk cream); others don’t care about cream. And so on, and so forth. Our Turkish Cheesecake recipe is made in the oven and uses honey syrup instead of sugar syrup.
Traditional Turkish Baklava Recipe with Honey Syrup
Baklava is Turkish Cuisine’s most emblematic and widely known dessert. Other nations in the area make it too, with certain twists. E.g. the Greeks prefer less spice in their Baklava, the Lebanese tend to want their Baklava drier (with less syrup) and cut in mouthfuls, etc.
How to Convert Sugar to Honey
This is honey-to-sugar conversion table that might come in handy when making desserts. Curiously enough although honey is sweeter than sugar it also has lower glycemic index than sugar; not to mention that honey contains other nice things in it, whereas sugar is… sugar. Check the Notes at the end of this post. Here we go.
Tahini Halva with Lemon Juice and Cinnamon
Tahini halva with lemon juice and cinnamon is one of the simplest and most delicious vegetarian or vegan desserts one can ever have any day (and probably anytime). Enjoy!
Honey Versus Sugar
Honey Versus Sugar. There are many, many differences between honey and sugar. For example, while sugar is composed of fructose and glucose in equal measure, honey is composed +20 different types of sugars, trace elements, some vitamins and small amounts of minerals.