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If pasteurizing honey at 160 degrees destroys the nutrients and enzymes, then wouldn't using raw honey in baked goods destroy them too? Is there any benefit in using raw honey in baking, or should I just use the cheaper processed honey in bread and muffins? Anybody have an answer?

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I dont think its worth paying extra for raw honey, to cook with it.

But I still wouldnt buy any old honey.

Where I live, the main honey company is excellent and even though it doesnt say so on the label, all their honey is technically raw honey. I phoned them to ask about one of their products and they told me western Australia is the best place in the world for honey because we dont have diseases and we dont adulterate our honey- and they dont heat their honey beyond what is absolutely necessary to pour it, and the temperature is within what they could still call raw honey. And this is what is sold on the supermarket shelves. We are lucky.

Having said all that, I have studied Ayurveda and they consider honey turns into a toxin when cooked. I dont cook with honey- I use agave syrup, or evaporated cane juice/raw sugar.

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I have studied Ayurveda and they consider honey turns into a toxin when cooked. I dont cook with honey- I use agave syrup, or evaporated cane juice/raw sugar.

 

Interesting. Can you point me in the direction of a bit of info on that? How do you modify recipes? The same amount of cane juice or agave as you'd have used honey, or do you use more or less?

 

Rosie

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