milk and honey recipe
Today my son asked me about whether he could mix milk and honey. I hear about the land of milk and honey, there are dozens of blogs named milk and honey about cooking, cookbooks called milk and honey, a honey cookbook that I have on my shelf, and a medieval recipe book. None of them have a single milk and honey recipe — unless you’re looking for soap or enemas.
So I put myself to the task. Here’s the recipe:
4c milk (skim, part-skim or whole)
1/4 cup honey
heat milk over medium heat (I used skim)
slowly add honey while stirring until dissolved
(coat measuring cup with a little milk to help the honey pour, or rinse with warmed milk to get out the remainder of honey.)
remove from heat before it boils (I removed it before it even scalded)
Makes 8 half-cup servings — note that it’s like candy. A full 8oz cup would probably be a lot.
This is VERY SWEET but it’s also REALLY good. If you don’t like things candy-sweet try less honey or add an extra cup of milk. Organic milk and raw fresh honey would probably be great — I’d just remove it from the heat ASAP to keep the honey and milk from losing too much of their vital nutrients to the heat. Adding honey to cold milk doesn’t do the same thing at all; the honey pools on the bottom of the cup.
I’m drinking it hot, and I’m chilling the rest to try it cold. My son is very happy with it. It feels like it would soothe a very sore throat.
May make a good substitute for eggnog for people who don’t like the idea of drinking eggs 
I didn’t try adding any spices to it, and I’m sure that using whole milk would make it thicker and of course more fattening (thus probably tasting even better). If I try adding spices I’ll add them to the comments.
Note that milk and honey baths are used to prepare livestock for county fairs and shows. LOL
I actually got the same urge not too long ago and have tried it a couple of times. I did a glass of cold milk (a large glass, not sure of the size) and put about two teaspoons of honey in. I’ve not been exact. The first time the honey taste was pretty light and the second time was too sweet. It did mostly mix ok, although it took a lot of stirring. I’ve been glancing around for a recipe too and this is the first real one I’ve found. I saw something suggesting a bit of vanilla extract though. That sounded good. Thanks for the post.
Comment by Ariff — January 18, 2007 @ 9:41 pm
Thanks for the comment. The milk & honey was still terrific cold — I would suggest heating to dissolve the honey rather than mixing them cold. I have to try with vanilla, and less honey.
If you think this is great, try honey butter!! Leave the honey and 1-2 sticks of butter to get to room temperature — a few hours. Beat together equal amounts of honey and butter in a bowl with a fork until thoroughly blended. Serve with a GOOD loaf of bakery bread — or better yet make your own fresh bread or biscuits to go with it. It’s amazing! MUCH different from buttered toast with honey.
I use salted butter, some people swear by sweet butter — so whichever you prefer.
Comment by Crisses — January 18, 2007 @ 10:02 pm
Woah this is really good even without the vanilla, I tried it because I have a sore throat and it works like magic
Comment by Kenny — April 21, 2007 @ 12:49 am
Thanks for the comment and thanks for reminding me. I’ll have to try it later: I have a cold. I also have an Earth Day celebration to attend to :/
I haven’t tried it with the idea for vanilla yet, but since I make my own vanilla from brandy and vanilla beans, it might be worth a try, as long as I can hunker down under the covers after and make it all go away.
Good luck, Kenny!!
Comment by Crisses — April 21, 2007 @ 8:15 am
what is the benefit of taking milk and money ??
Comment by sathish — October 17, 2007 @ 8:15 am
some one please tell me the benefits
Comment by sathish — October 17, 2007 @ 8:16 am
Hi, Sathish,
I don’t know if there’s any benefits, in particular, with this recipe. Warm milk makes people sleepy and is often recommended as a non-medication sleep-aid. There is much benefit to honey, which you can read about in connection to the longevity of beekeepers.
The reason I experimented with this is another thing. There are fables and tales that mention milk & honey, there’s the saying about “the land of milk and honey” and I’ve heard of show-worthy animals being bathed in a mixture of milk and honey before being taken in front of the judges. I was curious about how it would taste, why it seemed to be so popular in ancient times as to talk about faraway beautiful lands as the “land of milk & honey” etc.
So I did a web search and couldn’t come up with a real recipe to try for milk & honey. So I figured I’d have to try it myself. I do recommend that you use organic milk whenever possible, and I’ve done this with skim milk. I haven’t tried it with vanilla as recommended by Ariff. Now that colder weather is settling in I may try the recipe again. I think it would be unbelievable with scones!
Comment by Crisses — October 17, 2007 @ 11:28 am
I don’t know about other people, but I love warm milk with honey…is delicious, and relaxing…
Comment by Grace Geovanella — November 8, 2007 @ 11:04 pm