Not Humdrum Sticks

Baked honey-mustard-and-herb chicken drumsticks. They’re not humdrumsticks, they’re yumdrumsticks!

12 skinless chicken drumsticks (about 2_ pounds)
1/4 cup honey
2 tbsp cider vinegar
2 tbsp grainy Dijon mustard
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp dried Herbes de Provence (Say what? See tip below.)
1/4 tsp each salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preheat oven to 400º. Spray a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with non-stick spray. Arrange drumsticks in pan in a single layer.

Whisk together all remaining ingredients in a small bowl. Spoon sauce evenly over chicken pieces. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove pan from oven and baste chicken with sauce. (Tilting the pan to one side helps!) Return chicken to oven and bake an additional 20-25 minutes, until chicken is no longer pink in center.
Arrange chicken on a serving platter and pour sauce from pan over chicken. Serve hot.

Makes 6 servings.

What is “Herbs de Provence?” It’s an herb blend that’s likely sitting right beside all the other dried herbs you buy at the grocery store. You may have seen it and wondered what to do with it. It’s simply a combination of herbs commonly used in southern French cooking. It usually contains basil, marjoram, rosemary, sage, thyme, savory, and lavender.

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