7 sweet uses for honey and molasses

Take these sweet n' sticky dessert savers and turn them into magic with these seven great honey and molasses uses.

1. For an amazing spread for bread, particularly cornbread, combine 125 millilitres (1/2 cup) softened butter with 30 millilitres (two tablespoons) honey.
2. To make pumpkin pie without sugar, combine one 500 gram (16 ounce) can puréed pumpkin, 250 millilitres (one cup) evaporated milk, 150 millilitres (2/3 cup) honey, three eggs, five millilitres (one teaspoon) ground cinnamon, one millilitres (1/4 teaspoon) ground ginger and one millilitres (1/4 teaspoon) ground allspice until smooth. Pour into an unbaked 23 centimetre (nine inch) deep-dish pie shell and bake at 200°C (400°F) until a knife comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
3. For a touch of sweetness in homemade spaghetti sauce, stir in five to 10 millilitres (one to two teaspoons) honey. This trick works especially well when the tomatoes are not at the peak of ripeness.
4. To deepen the flavour of cornbread, add 30 millilitres (two tablespoons) molasses to the batter for a 25 centimetre (10 inch) round pan of cornbread.
5. For incredible homemade caramel corn, mix together 110 grams (1/2 cup) firmly packed brown sugar, 50 millilitres (1/4 cup) corn syrup, 50 millilitres (1/4 cup) unsalted butter and 22 millilitres (1 1/2 tablespoons) molasses in a medium pot. Bring to a boil over medium heat and boil for five minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in four millilitres (3/4 teaspoon) vanilla extract, one millilitre (1/4 teaspoon) baking soda and one millilitre (1/4 teaspoon) salt. Pour over 1.4 litres (six cups) unsalted purchased or homemade popcorn, stirring constantly to evenly coat the popcorn. Spread onto a greased baking sheet and bake at 120°C (250°F) for about an hour, stirring often. Remove from the oven and break up any clumps of ­popcorn. Cool completely before serving.
6. When your homemade barbecue sauce needs more oomph, stir in 30 to 45 millilitres (two to four tablespoons) molasses per 750 millilitres (three cups) of sauce. A shot or two of Worcestershire also does wonders.
7. To enrich beef and pork stews, add 15 to 30 millilitres (one to two tablespoons) molasses to the broth before simmering the meat.

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