This recipe comes to us from our Amish Cook Baking Book. You know, I used to think that a good cookie had to have frosting on it or be smothered with icing or be drowned with butterscotch chips, but I think this cookie has changed my mind. This is a wonderful, wonderful cookie...soft and chewy and sweet, but not overpoweringly so. This is just a good, good cookie. Sometimes there is little else to say.
I can imagine how the flavor would be enhanced even more if you were using your own locally raised honey. Beekeeping is an increasingly common hobby and small-business among the Amish. The honey will pick up a slight hint of the surrounding environment. Cactus flowers and phlox are found throughout that region so the honey will be hinted with that as opposed to the clovers and carnations found in the Midwest.
Anyway, this is a great cookie. We made some over the weekend, and we made embarrassingly quick work of them! (Thankfully, we gave some away, so we didn't eat them ALL ourselves. Enjoy! Above is a finished batch. Notice some are lighter and others are darker. The darker ones were baked a little longer. 10 - 12 minutes would be a good baking time for the lighter ones, which we like a bit better. I liked them both. Below is the recipe.
Full Recipe
Amish Honey Spice Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- 2 ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon cloves
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup butter
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Mix ingredients in a large mixing bowl until well combined.
- Roll into balls and dip into water and then into sugar.
- Bake at 350 for 12 to 15 minutres.
Barbara Prisinzano
This cookie is very good!! Thanks for the recipe!! Now I would like to know how I can buy a cook Book?? Barb P
dynnamae
These cookies look and sound very good. I do have local raw honey so I believe I will making some of these soon. Thanks for sharing the recipe.