Text and photos by Robin Sellers

• Introduction
• How to tell one kind from another
• Which kind of honey tastes best?
• Honey facts
• Recipe for honey cranberry nut cookies
• Where to buy honey
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Recipe for honey cranberry nut cookies

1 1/2 cups of self-rising flour
1 cup of honey
1 stick of softened butter
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla flavoring
3/4 cup of chopped dried cranberries
1/2 cup of chopped pecans

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Cream the honey and softened butter together. Then add vanilla flavoring and flour. Fold in cranberries and pecans. Drop the sticky batter by spoonfuls onto a baking sheet. Bake the cookies at 325 degrees for 12 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.

Yield: One dozen cookies

Source: The National Honey Board – www.nhb.org