Spicy + Sweet = Yumm!

My daughter absolutely loves chicken with Shake n Bake Honey Mustard glaze.  For her first day of Junior High, I wanted to make her one of her favorite dinners, so when I went shopping, I went to the spot with all the Shake n Bake stuff, and ... it wasn't there. So when we went shopping for school supplies at Target, I checked the grocery section, and ... it wasn't there either.

At this point, my brain kicks in. Honey mustard glaze. Clearly, this is going to consist of honey and mustard in some proportion, and probably some other spices and such.  I can do this. I just have to get an idea of what the proportion should be, and what the "other spices and such" are. To the InterTubes!

After consulting literally hundreds(1) of sites, I came to the conclusion that there really don't need to be any "other spices and such", and the proportion appears to be somewhere between 1:1 and 2:1 in favor of honey. Consensus appeared to be to use Dijon or spicy mustard, though one maverick was using plain yellow mustard. Now I can be as mavericky as the next guy, and yellow mustard does have its place(2), but I decided I'd stick with the majority.

So I heated about 1/4 cup honey in a pyrex measuring cup, then added a few squirts of mustard. After a few stirs, I tasted, and it seemed about right. Alex agreed, so I gave the chicken a soak while I preheated the oven, then baked it up.

Result: Honey mustard chicken! (I know, it's a shock!)  Put some green beans on the side, and call it dinner.
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(1)  OK, about a half-dozen or so.

(2) Its place is on the door shelf in the fridge, where guests who have no functioning taste buds can use it on their sandwiches or hot dogs, saving the real stuff for the rest of us.