About Our Honey
Each jar is filled with 100% pure USA honey. That's 100% unadulterated honey with no other contents. Our honey is never pasteurized or blended with inferior honey. Whether you purchase Gallberry, Orange Blossom, Private Selection, or any other variety, know that is exactly what you are getting.... 16 ounces of that specific variety!!! As a result of this pure honey process, your honey may form sugar crystals.
You can enjoy the unique texture of crystallized honey, or gently warm your honey jar in a simmering pot of water to return it to a liquid consistency. We hope you can taste the difference in the quality of our award winning honey and hope to change your mind about purchasing "honey flavored" products that are often sold in supermarkets.
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Gallberry
Our Signature Variety and the Honey that shaped the Honey Trail in Homerville! This honey is sourced from a native evergreen holly bush that blooms in the spring. This unique honey is popular throughout the piney woods and swamps of southeast Georgia and Florida. The honey is light amber in color and mild to moderate in flavor. Gallberry Honey makes the perfect table honey since it is slow to crystalize. Gallberry Honey is also a delicious substitute for sugar in cookies and breads.
Nut-N-Honey Banana Bread
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup The Honey Shack
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
Gallberry Honey
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 ripe bananas mashed
2 eggs
1/2 cup chopped pecans
DIRECTIONS
Cream honey and butter in large bowl with electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Add eggs, beating well. Combine dry ingredients in small bowl; add to honey mixture alternating with bananas, blending well. Stir in pecans. Spoon batter into greased and floured 9x5x3-inch loaf pan. Bake in preheated 3250 F oven 45 to 50 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on a wire rack.
Wildflower
Wildflower Honey, also known as polyfloral honey, is derived from the nectar of numerous species of flowers or blossoms. The taste, aroma and flavor will vary from season to season, depending on which flowers are dominant at the time the nectar is collected. Our Wildflower Honey is golden amber in color. Consistently eating honey that is local to your area may reduce the symptoms of seasonal allergies. We enjoy it drizzled over peanut butter toast or blended in a morning smoothie!
Quick & Easy Energy Bites
INGREDIENTS
1 cup old fashioned oats
1/3 cup The Honey Shack Wildflower Honey
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup creamy peanut or pecan butter
DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl combine all ingredients. Stir until well distributed. Put mixing bowl into the refrigerator for about 20 to 30 minutes. Then roll into rounded balls. Delicious additions include dried fruits, flax seeds, or chopped nuts.
Saw Palmetto
Saw Palmetto is our darkest honey in color and most robust in flavor. Saw
Palmetto Honey is set apart by its deep Amber color and its full bodied flavor. Sourced from the Saw Palmetto that grows profusely in South Georgia and Florida, this rare honey is seldom tasted outside the borders of Florida and South Georgia! Some of our customers have compared its flavor to old fashioned cane syrup. This honey is a great compliment to smoked or cured meats such as ham, turkey and sausage.
Honey & Pineapple Glazed Ham
INGREDIENTS
1 Spiral Sliced Ham (fully cooked)
1 can Pineapple Slices
1/3 Cup The Honey Shack Saw Palmetto Honey
DIRECTIONS
Bake ham on rack in shallow pan at 3250 F for 1 hour or until meat thermometer reads 120 degrees. Drain pineapple, reserve liquid. Combine reserved pineapple juice and honey and mix well. Arrange pineapple slices on top of ham. Generously brush honey mixture over entire surface. Bake about 30 to 45 minutes longer or to 1400; reapply mixture every 15 minutes. This is the perfect recipe for holiday entertaining or Sunday dinners!
Papa's Private Selection
Papa's Private Selection is our Pride and Joy and has won several awards including Flavor of Georgia! This is PRIVATE SELECTION our lightest and brightest honey variety. We call it Private Selection because this is the honey we bring home with us. What makes Private Selection so special? Well, for starters - its taste. It is a mild buttery tasting honey unlike any other. This honey drips from the comb honey that is sliced to fit in our cassette boxes. This honey is best enjoyed by the spoonful or as a gourmet topping for your favorite ice cream or greek yogurt.
Whipped Honey Butter
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup The Honey Shack Private Selection Honey
1/2 cup Softened Butter
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla or Cinnamon
DIRECTIONS
Whip softened butter until fluffy. Gradually add flavoring and honey. Beat until desired consistency. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use. Spread on hot rolls or fresh baked bread.
Orange Blossom
Straight from Florida's Orange Groves, Orange Blossom Honey is a flavorful and aromatic honey, with a hint of citrus flavor! With a beautiful golden color, this honey is a perfect table honey. We love to add this honey to our green tea.
Greek Yogurt Parfait
Layer the Following:
1/2 cup Your Favorite Greek Yogurt
1 Tbsp Your Favorite Granola
Drizzle The Honey Shack Orange Blossom Honey
Repeat the Layers. Enjoy as a healthy breakfast or snack on the go!!
COTTON
Cotton Honey is one of our newer varieties of honey, and is quickly becoming a customer favorite. We all know cotton is grown abundantly in Georgia for its fiber, however it also has a source of nectar for the production of honey.
Our Cotton Honey is light in color, has a thin consistency and a mild flavor. This variety of honey has a quick crystallization period so you may get to experience both forms (liquid and crystallized) in the same jar!
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How to Store Our Honey
Storing our famous South Georgia Honey is easy. Simply keep it in a room temperature location away from direct sunlight in a tightly covered container. It is not necessary to place our honey in your refrigerator because this will cause the honey to crystallize. Do not be alarmed if stored honey becomes cloudy. This ‘cloudiness’ is called crystallization. It is not harmful nor is it any indication of deterioration. In fact, honey has an indefinite shelf life thanks to its high concentration of sugar.
Like all pure honey, our pure honey will begin to crystallize over long periods of time, even if kept in the best conditions. When this happens, simply heat the jar in a pan of hot water, stirring while heating. This will cause the crystals to disappear and will not affect the flavor nor coloring.
“ We hope you can taste the difference in the quality of our pure, raw honey and we hope to change your mind about purchasing “honey flavored” products or blended/pasteurized honey that are often sold in supermarkets. We always encourage our customer to “know the beekeeper”- this way you know you are getting pure honey.