Photo: Hector Sanchez; Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas

"An elegant make-ahead dessert, these custards sing with faint floral notes and sweet honey. Serving tip from our Test Kitchen: Flans release like a dream if you let the custard cups stand in 1 inch of warm water for 3 to 5 minutes before unmolding." 

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Choosing a Honey

There is a wide array of honey varieties due to the vast numbers of flowers providing the nectar for honey production. In general, the lighter the color of the honey, the sweeter and milder the flavor. For this recipe, we recommend the Orange Blossom, Clover, or Snowberry Honey.

How to Cook with Honey

The first step will be reducing the oven temperature by 25°F since honey becomes crisp and browns faster than sugar.

Since honey is twice as sweet as sugar, you will want to halve the sugar in your recipe when substituting with honey.

When substituting for sugar in recipes requiring the baked good to rise, add a 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda for each cup of honey that is used. This will neutralize the acidity of the honey, allowing the food to rise as it should.

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