help with my next recipe

[ninjaracerchick]

for my fourth beer and hopefully one of my last before making the jump to partial mash. for my first two i bought kits and only experimented slightly, the third i used a recipe and bought my ingredients but kept it as the person listing did. now my creative juices are flowing a bit and i have aquestion.

im planning on brewing a widmer hefe clone with orange peel, heres my question... im wanting to add honey and im wondering how that will effect my other ingredients. will i need to change the amount of dme im using? help!

 

[avidhomebrewer]

You can change the amount of dme added, but if you are using no more than a pound of honey, I wouldn't bother. If you use more than a pound, your brew will dry out some. Post your recipe and we can give you better advice.

 

[ninjaracerchick]

.5 lbs. American Munich info
.5 lbs. Crystal Malt 40°L info
6 lbs. Dry Wheat info
1.5 oz. Tettnanger (Pellets, 4.50 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
1 oz. Tettnanger (Pellets, 4.50 %AA) boiled 20 min. info
2 oz. Cascade (Pellets, 5.50 %AA) boiled 5 min. info
.5 oz. Sweet orange peel (not included in calculations)
Yeast : White Labs WLP320 American Hefeweizen Ale info

ive been reading mixed reviews about using the dried peel.... would the fresh zest be a better idea?