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