Buckwheat honey instead of brown sugar or molasses

[1000kw]

I'm reading a lot about using buckwheat honey for baking instead of molasses or brown sugar. Honey is sweeter than sugar, so use 3/4 cup honey when 1 cup sugar would be used. Has anyone tried baking this way? Do you need to adjust liquid/dry ingredients since honey is liquid and sugar is not?

[tracy1976]

I've only ever heard of buckwheat honey as a great way to ease a sore throat and cough. It has quite the unique flavor. Interesting that people are baking with it now. I'm looking forward to finding out if anyone has recipes!

[tobetinytina]

Is the flavor really that different from regular honey? I've never heard of this before. How do I know if it's the type I already have?

[Mike]

I've used honey instead of sugar, though never buckwheat honey instead of brown sugar. But I've used it at a ratio of 3:4 and it never upset the liquid/dry ratio of my recipes.

[tobetinytina]

I just tried making a usual cookie recipe and swapped 3/4 cup buckwheat honey (hard to find!!) for brown sugar. The cookies didn't come out as usual and i didn't like them nearly as much. I hope they're healthy at least!