Recipe by Faigy Grossmann

Perfect Honey Cookies with Honey Frosting for Rosh Hashanah

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Parve Parve
Easy Easy
12 Servings
Allergens
20 Minutes
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Ingredients

Cookies

  • 3/4 cup oil

  • 3/4 cup Manischewitz Honey

  • 1 egg

  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

  • 3/4 cup brown sugar

  • 3 teaspoons baking powder

  • 3 and 1/2 cups flour

  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

  • 1/2 teaspoon Gefen Allspice

Honey Frosting

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.

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.

Variation:

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.)

Prepare the Honey Cookies

Yields 4 dozen cookies

Credits

Photography and Styling by Saraizel Senderovits

Perfect Honey Cookies with Honey Frosting for Rosh Hashanah

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tamar
tamar
2 months ago

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

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Chana Fox
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Reply to  tamar
2 months ago

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

Leah Goldstein
Leah Goldstein
1 year ago

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

bluma
bluma
2 years ago

can they be frozen?

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En}o}wah
En}o}wah
Reply to  bluma
2 years ago

The recipe states that is freezes well. I would not freeze with the glaze because I find the glaze does not come out the same as fresh. I would add the glaze after they are defrosted.

Rochel
Rochel
2 years ago

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!

Rivka Shain
Rivka Shain
2 years ago

thank you for the recipe absolutely delicious. Big hit!

malka
malka
2 years ago

How do you make homemade vanilla extract please. (see note above)

Raquel
Raquel
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2 years ago
malka
malka
Reply to  Raquel
2 years ago

Thank You!

Shoshana Toffel
Shoshana Toffel
2 years ago

delicious, thanks!

Leah H.
Leah H.
3 years ago

Just tried these for Rosh Hashana, and they were AMAZING. The cinnamon and nutmeg give a nice surprise hint of autumn. I think I would try making the frosting with some maple syrup instead of honey, just to add to the kick. Thanks!