How To Use Hardened Honey

Spoon the thickened honey solution into each mold.
How to use hardened honey. Or place the honey in a microwave safe container with the lid off and microwave stirring every 30 seconds until the crystals dissolve. Hardened or crystallized honey can be difficult to use but don t worry. No your honey has crystallized but you can reverse the process. If the honey is too hard try running the bottle under hot water from the faucet to soften the honey before squeezing the bottle again. Store in an airtight jar until you are ready to use them.
I removed the lid and put the honey in the microwave on medium for about 1 minute and voila liquid honey. After a few minutes you ll see the crystals disappear and the honey will start to flow again. We will be using the stove top i do not know if you can use a. How to soften hard honey using the microwave. Fill a pot or bowl with warm water and place the jar of crystallized honey in the water until it softens.
Saucepan pot an asparagus pot also works great for this as it will use much less water. Decrystallizing honey is a task that will fall to all honey lovers at some time. Glass jar if honey is in a plastic container cover is optional and if you use one make sure you don t put it on the jar very tight keep it loose. For example if you use honey primarily in tea a scoop of crystallized honey is easier to measure and less likely to create a mess plus it will dissolve just as quickly. Spray candy molds with unflavored non stick cooking spray.
If your honey is crystallized and you prefer to use it as a liquid simply place the honey jar in warm water and stir until the crystals dissolve. Upon finding a jar of solid gritty honey you may think it has spoiled. Honey stored at colder temperatures will crystallize faster than honey stored above 70 degrees f. Which explains why we have more of a problem with this during the fall and winter months than we do in the summertime. Make sure to use a hot mitt to move the jar as it may be hot.
Wrap each spoon individually with cellophane. Also try mixing crystallized honey with peanut butter see our recipe section for a wonderful treat. This worked so well because my. Some of the powdered honey products we have tried in the past are using cane sugar with the honey or seem to be completely out of business. This method will work but it s slow going.