Honey White Bread

Honey is a great favorite in breadmaking—for good reason. It is a natural sweetener with up to 80 percent of its weight composed of sugar. “The land of milk and honey” was what the promised land was called in the Old Testament, and today honey, a miracle in a jar, certainly still connotes luxury. Since honey is collected mainly from leguminous plants, look for familiar clover, sage, eucalyptus, tupelo, or buckwheat honeys. I like to search out nice local honeys to use in my breads, such as