This is a very old recipe that has been in my family for over 50 years. It is nicely spiced with honey, coriander and cinnamon. Believe it or not that savory spice coriander blends nicely with the cinnamon, honey and brown sugar. The dough is extremely soft and needs to be refrigerated 2 hours or overnight. When rolling, use a ¼ cup flour on your board and additional on top. Here are a few baking tips when using honey as a sugar substitute: to substitute 1 cup of sugar use ¾ cup honey and reduce the total amount of other liquid by ¼ cup and reduce the baking temperature by 25° F to prevent over-browning. The second tip is to add 2 tablespoons of honey to your favorite cake mix or batter. This addition will make the cake more tender and less crumbly. Add the honey in a fine stream as you perform the final beating of your cake batter.Because of our beehives, we are enjoying baking with home grown honey. Some research seems to indicate that honey bees respond directly to changes in the amount of daylight, but regardless of how it works, we know that brood rearing increases soon after the winter solstice. With winter solstice just around the corner or whatever your winter celebration may “bee” we wish you great abundance, ease, and prosperity from all of us at Quail Hollow Kitchens.Holiday Honey Cookies•1/2 cup butter softened•2/3 cup packed brown sugar•1/3 cup honey•1 egg•2 cups all-purpose flour•1 teaspoon ground coriander•1/2 teaspoon baking soda•1/2 teaspoon salt•1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375°F.Cream butter, sugar and honey together in a mixing bowl, and then beat in the egg. Mix the flour with the coriander, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and then mix into the creamed mixture to make a soft dough. Divide the mixture into two halves, wrap each in waxed paper, and chill 2 hours in the refrigerator.On a well-floured surface, roll each portion to a 1/8th inch thickness. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375°F until golden, about 5 to 7 minutes. Makes about 48 cookies. Comments or suggestions are welcomed. Please contact Patricia Davis at Information@QuailHollowKitchens.com.For more information about Patricia or her cooking classes go to:www.QuailHollowKitchens.com or follow on social media at www.facebook.com/quailhollowkitchens or www.instagram.com/quail_hollow_kitchens