Baking – substitute Molasses for Honey in Baking Recipes

You can use agave nectar instead of honey or sugar if you modify your recipe a bit by lowering the amount of liquids. Agave nectar has more water than honey and is sweeter than honey (about 50% sweeter).

Honey Fructose: 41%, Glucose: 36%, Water: 18%

Agave nectar Fructose: 53%, Glucose: 15%, Water: 25%

As a starting point in modifying the recipe, keep the amount of water fixed by using less agave nectar than honey (amount of agave = 0.72 amount of honey). Also, dishes made with agave nectar will brown faster than those made with honey because of the agave's higher fructose content. Start checking a little earlier.

In muffins and quick breads, I have found that you can actually substitute apple sauce for oil or melted butter. This has worked very well for me!

Use the same amount of apple sauce that you would oil/butter, if not a bit extra.