Perfect Honey Cookies with Honey Frosting for Rosh Hashanah

Faigy Grossmann Faigy Grossmann
5.0 (9 reviews)

Can you go into Rosh Hashanah without a jar of honey cookies?! These cookies are the perfect mix of crunchy outside, soft center, and all the delicious spices reminiscent of fall. They’re also super simple to make. Eat them straight out of the oven or jazz them up a bit with a drizzle of honey-flavored frosting.

 

These cookies can even be tweaked to look like little apples for extra cute bonus points!

20m 12
Easy Vegetarian Pescatarian Parve

Contains: Gluten, Egg, Wheat

Episode for this recipe

2 1:29

Apple Shaped Honey Cookies

Shortcuts by Family Table

Family Table

Ep. 114

Sep 13, 2022

Watch now

Directions

Prepare the Honey Cookies

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius).

  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat oil, honey, egg, vanilla extract, and brown sugar until nice and creamy.

  3. Whisk together the dry ingredients and slowly incorporate into the batter. Mix together until a dough is formed.

  4. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop dough out onto a cookie sheet, placing the cookies about one inch (two and a half centimeters) apart to allow for spreading. Bake for 10 minutes.

  5. Combine frosting ingredients in a small bowl. Allow cookies to cool and drizzle with frosting.

Credits

Tips:

- These cookies freeze beautifully. Alternatively, you can store them covered in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

- I used brown sugar in the recipe, since brown sugar has a higher water content than white granulated sugar and therefore increases the moisture of the dough.

- A note on vanilla extract: Always use pure vanilla for the best-tasting treats. Since the price of pure vanilla is so high these days, I finally made my own batch during the early days of quarantine. It’s not yet at its full flavor, yet it’s still so fragrant and flavorful.

Variations:

Turn these into cute apple-shaped cookies by inserting half a pretzel stick on an angle into each cookie before baking. When cooled, add an artificial leaf to complete the look! (Remove before eating.)

Description:

Yields 4 dozen cookies

Description:

Photography and Styling by Saraizel Senderovits

Suggested Recipes

Explore

classic Jewish foods cookies crunchy decadentcookie Faigy Grossmann frosting honey honey cookies Rosh Hashana soft traditional
Did you make this recipe yet?

What Cooks Are Saying

5.0 out of 5

9 global ratings

5 star
100%
4 star
0%
3 star
0%
2 star
0%
1 star
0%

Photos from Our Community

See how these recipes turned out in real kitchens. Photos from home cooks will appear here as they're shared.

Tell Us How It Went: Share Your Experience

10 Comments

Esther Finkelstein •

So easy, And tastes AMAZING!!!!

Lisi Wolfson •

What did you use for the leaves?

Chana Fox Kosher.com Team •
Reply to Lisi Wolfson

Hi Lisi,
In the video of this recipe those leaves are certainly a nice touch!
These are fake decorative leaves. Something like this could work (just cut off the stem):

https://www.amazon.com/Meiliy-Artificial-Greenery-Centerpieces-Decorations/dp/B07QGSKYRY/ref=sr_1_47?crid=LRTF0M7SPGQF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Av9cqM7PUL6cTFQ_a_aJhgbghOB021txNSUm74Y55P1yLP6251yEtNObUDc0k9PBB2coBODO8hM-1B_Jj2K7K0jF8GCeIz3qZzUd9mzNUz7WrLERX15vNeh9mWjQXHPfdhy6TVwBpu35t1Kccd6ONkYtBMDMSSSY09FPeOUhvSZWIIID9e-9Vp7VnjnzGk3fElcOrN1YoXRQL-5L3tA-UlUB3z_9RCCrwWZBwTcFXeFnbEOYU7T18Q_-9DP9slNTAQEyPZO8OEMs-yvMEx6aTs7_V9NAOVWEkEfmDsMpMdI.wGI5z_TZG3BTc0DzQlbOkRbj4U4weygHs4_f-gkwEto&dib_tag=se&keywords=decorative+fake+leaves+for+cookie&qid=1727743482&sprefix=decorative+fake+leaves+for+cookie%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-47

-Chana Tzirel from Kosher.com

tamar •

Do I have to make the frosting or is it good without?

Chana Fox Kosher.com Team •
Reply to tamar

Hi Tamar,
You can omit the frosting if you'd like. These are delicious either way!
-Chana Tzirel from Kosher.com

Leah Goldstein •

Since we have egg allergies, we put water instead of the egg and it also came out great!

Rochel •

Made these for Rosh Hashana as guests and they were a huge hit with hosts! Didn't have allspice so substituted with a bit more cinnamon and some salt to balance out the sweetness. 10 out of 10 for sure!