Honey Cookies

Name: Honey Cookies
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: About 70 cookies
Cuisine: jewish
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/4 cups sugar; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 3 large eggs; 1/2 cup warm honey; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 cup blanched almonds or walnuts

Recipe from Restaurant Elisabeth

Adapted by Joan Nathan

Updated Dec. 6, 2022

Total Time: 1 hour preparation time, plus 2 hours resting time
Prep Time: 1 hour
Rating: 4(59)
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Ingredients

Yield:About 70 cookies

2½cups all-purpose flour
1¼cups sugar
1teaspoon baking soda
3large eggs
½cup warm honey
½teaspoon cinnamon
¼teaspoon ground cloves
¼teaspoon ground ginger
½teaspoon salt
¼cup blanched almonds or walnuts

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Preparation

Step 1
In the large bowl of an electric mixer, using the paddle attachment, mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, ground cloves, ginger and salt. Add 2 of the eggs and the honey, and mix until the dough comes together. Wrap the dough in plastic, and refrigerate for two hours.
Step 2
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Step 3
On a pastry board sprinkled with flour, roll out the dough to the thickness of a pencil (about ¼ inch), and cut with a cookie cutter into 1-inch rounds. Place the dough on a greased baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between the rounds.
Step 4
Beat the remaining egg, and using a brush, coat the cookies. Top with half a blanched almond or walnut.
Step 5
Bake on a rack in the middle of the oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

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Comments

Tim7 years ago

There is no grease in here, except for the nuts. Slightly dry result.

Chef Tracy4 years ago

The dough is very loose and sticky and cooks down into a chewy cookie so be careful about adding too much flour as it will get tough and I added extra amounts of the spices as it didn't have enough of those flavors for my taste. Surprisingly didn't need any added fats besides the egg. Next time I will try to toast the nuts first for added flavor.

Tim7 years ago

There is no grease in here, except for the nuts. Slightly dry result.

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