Amish Honey-Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies are a favorite in some Amish settlements. But, first, let's step back and look at their honey sources.
Beekeeping is a relatively popular pastime among the Amish. Beekeeping sort of fits in the same category as tapping trees, It’s another tool for self-sufficiency. It’s not something that every Amish does, by any means, but usually you find one or two beekeepers and almost every Amish community. Having somebody local provides a local source of honey, and the flavor is suddenly different from place to place depending on the nectars and clovers and flowers that the bees pollinate.
Honey is an important staple in Amish kitchens because, like maple syrup, honey can be used as a sugar substitute in many instances. If a recipe calls for sugar, and you don’t have sugar, you can often replace it with a like amount of honey
Bee Nutty!
So, I will reluctantly, and grudgingly, keep the nuts in this recipe for Amish Bee Nutty Chocolate Chip Cookies as non-optional. Of course, you can do whatever you want… You can omit the nuts, I’m not usually a fan of nuts. People feel like they have to throw nuts into everything, and - in my opinion - it ruins it. In this case, though, the nuts really seem to pair well with the chocolate chips and the honey.
This cookie has pretty basic ingredients!
Amish Bee Nutty Chocolate Chip Cookies is a recipe from Amish baker Carol Gingerich in Missouri, these sound amazing, will have to try these! These cookies come out rather large with 1 /4 cup of batter being used for each cookie. I'm sure if you don't want massive cookies that you could easily cut their size in half.
🍯 Bee Nutty Cookie Ingredients
- 3 /4 cup honey
- 1 /2 cup peanut butter
- 1 /2 cup butter or margarine
- 1 4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 /2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 /2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 /2 cup coarsely chopped and roasted peanuts
📋 Cookie Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Combine honey, peanut butter, and brown sugar in a large bowl.
- Beat till light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla; mix thoroughly.
- Combine flour, soda, salt, and mix well.
- Stir into peanut butter mixture.
- Stir in chocolate chips and peanuts.
- Using 1 /4 cup for each cookie, spoon onto a greased cookie sheet and flatten slightly.
🐝 More Amish Recipes Using Honey
Honey Apple Pork Chops - Delicious!
Honey Granola - Super!
Sesame Honey Chicken - You'll never want Panda Express again!
Homemade Honey Bars - This is one of my personal all-time favorites!
🖨️ Full Recipe Amish Honey-Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 /4 cup honey
- 1 /2 cup peanut butter
- 1 /2 cup butter or margarine
- 1/ 4 cup brown sugar
- 1/ 1 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 /2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 /2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup coarsely chopped and roasted peanuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Combine honey, peanut butter, and brown sugar in a large bowl.
- Beat till light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla; mix thoroughly.
- Combine flour, soda, salt, and mix well. Stir into peanut butter mixture.
- Stir in chocolate chips and peanuts.
- Using 1 /4 cup for each cookie, spoon onto a greased cookie sheet and flatten slightly.
- Bake for about 10 minutes, or until edges are golden.
Barb
I am sorry Kevin, but your choice of lemon drink is awful to me. I get a lot of things from Aldis, but won't go back for this one.
I have 5 cans and if you were close would give them to you. Sorry I know not everyone has the same taste and I love lemon, this is just tooo strong
Kevin
LOL, well, sorry, Barb....you are right, we can't all have the same taste, hope you didn't buy them because of me:) If you did and you were closer, yes, I'd gladly take them off your hands (I drank 3 yesterday, I do like them)
Susie Carpenter
I'm trying to find your recipe for Hamburger Sub Casserole. How do I find it?
Kevin
Sorry, Susie, I am behind on approving comments, here is the recipe:
Hamburger
Sub Casserole
12 slices of bread
1/2 cup mayo
8 ounces of cream cheese
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
2 cups shredded cheese of your choice, divided
1 pound of hamburger
1 quart pizza or spaghetti sauce
1 cup water
1/3 cup chopped onion
Layer bread in a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Mix mayo, cream cheese and Italian seasoning and spread over bread. Sprinkle with one cup of cheese. Fry hamburger with onion. Season to taste then add sauce and water. Stir and spread over cheese. Top with an additional 1 cup shredded cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Sm
I agree with you Kevin, I dont like nuts in most things especially cookies and brownies. Chocolate pixies, turtles, with pecans are ok though. 🙂