Honey & Spice Cookies

Honey and spice and everything nice goes into these cookies! They taste a bit like molasses sugar cookies to me--perhaps because of the slight bite to them? (no pun intended) But they're great and SUPER easy so have a go at them!

Honey and Spice Cookies

2 1/4 C all-purpose flour

2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp nutmeg

3/4 C butter (unsalted, I used a bit less!)

1 C sugar

1 egg

1/4 C honey (I used a little bit more)

Preheat your oven to 350 F (177 C).  Sift together the flour, baking soda, and nutmeg.  Melt the butter, cool, and then add the sugar and beat well.  Next add the egg and blend before adding the honey and dry ingredients.  Make sure that all of the ingredients are blended well!

In a separate bowl put the sugar (this is for rolling purposes so you don't need a huge bowl!)  Roll the dough into balls then coat with sugar.  *If you find this step difficult because the dough is too sticky, you can either add a titch of flour to it, or place in the fridge for a little bit to allow the dough to harden! Next place the balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake 8-10 minutes, or until light golden brown.  The trick is not to cook them too long or they become super hard.  Let them cool for a few minutes before devouring :)

**Just a complete sidenote, if you want flatter and less rounded cookies, after placing the dough balls on the cookie sheet simply take the bottom of a plastic cup and gently press down on the balls.  This will create thinner less puffy cookies in the end!


Recipe from: http://www.insidethekaganoffkitchen.com/2010/02/07/534/