Cookie recipe calls for honey.. can I sub with corn syrup?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

It's a brownie sandwich cookie, very good with cream cheese mint filling. I know the honey makes it a soft cookie, and I don't think it would alter the flavor to use syrup. But would it work?

I don't want to use my last bits of raw honey if I don't have too.

[Major Nikon]

1. Honey is more similar to table sugar in sweetness

Corn syrup is mostly glucose while honey is about half glucose and half fructose.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. it calls for 1 1/2 cups sugar + 4 T honey

is it the glucose that helps with softness?

[Major Nikon]

3. It could be

Honey has some specific properties which enhance baked goods. If you have some brown sugar, I would substitute 4 Tbs of brown sugar and 1 Tbs of water for the honey. It may not turn out as good.

[cbayer]

4. Do you have any molasses? Maple syrup?

You could mix the corn syrup with some molasses or just sub the maple syrup, imo.

[The empressof all]

5. I think the integrity of the cookie will be fine

The honey probably adds a complexity that may be lacking with the substitute but I'm sure it will be fine. Also I have frequently substituted honey with agave with success.