can I leave out the sugar?

dddd5678 · February 2013

I'm trying to cut out processed sugar. I have a recipe for a granola bar that has 1/2 cup honey, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and peanutbutter as a sauce to "glue" it together. Could I add extra honey and leave out the brown sugar? Or is honey just as bad as sugar?

iLoveMyPitbull1225 · February 2013

i would just use the sugar... its really not that much. using too much honey might throw off the texture and make it too sticky and not set up well.

HotAshMess · February 2013

I don't think honey sets up quite the way brown sugar does. I would use it because I don't think it will crisp up the way brown sugar does.

dddd5678 · February 2013

Thank you!

jendraka · February 2013

I don't know if it's too late to say anything, but Splenda makes a brown sugar mixture if you'd be interested. Unless, of course, that's what you're already using

dreambodin2011 · February 2013

be careful of Splenda and other artificial sugars:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/12/03/sucralose-dangers.aspx

malleron · February 2013

Yes, be careful with artificial sweeteners, but try to source info from credible sources as well:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=that-splenda-youre-drinking-will-be-2009-03-09
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=artificial-sweeteners-confound-the-brain

http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/mercola.html

KenosFeoh · February 2013

There's really not a lot of difference between honey and brown sugar, nutritionally speaking.

coyoteo · February 2013

I would leave out the sugar and just use the amount of honey called for. They will be a little less sweet, but still good.

can I leave out the sugar?

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