Honey was an important discovery for mankind. It is probably how people learned about the first desserts. Honey was mined about 15,000 years ago. At first, this bee product was not used as a dessert ingredient. Honey was used for healing, added to potions, and it wasn’
t until later that honey was consumed as food. People realized that the product was addictive. Therefore, they began to limit the consumption of this sweet product.
Now honey is used to make various desserts
.
We will tell you about how to make honey cookies.
Ingredients for honey cookies:
- eggs – 2 pcs;
- flour – 400 g;
- sugar – 150 g;
- leavening agent – 2 tsp;
- honey – 2 tbsp;
- butter – 100 g.
Preparation of honey cookies:
In a bowl, combine the egg with the yolk (the protein will be needed for the second part of the recipe). To the egg pour granulated sugar and honey, you can also add vanilla sugar
. Beat the components until the grains of sand are dissolved. Melt butter in advance, pour it into the egg mixture. Sift flour and baking powder into the egg mixture, knead a sticky and elastic dough. The
kolobok should be divided into small balls, slightly larger than a walnut
.
Cover a baking tray with parchment, place the balls of dough at a distance from each other.
Grease the surface of the future cookies with whipped protein. Heat the oven to 180 degrees. If desired, you can sprinkle the tops of the cookies with crushed nuts or cream crumbs.
Bake the cookies for about 25 minutes.
You get beautiful and flavorful honey cookies. It will be a great substitute for any purchased cookies, as it will be not sugary and moderately sweet.
