Medenjaci - Croatian Honey Spice Cookies
By: Easy cook - Lak...
Published: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 11:36am

Ingredients




250g butter
180g Demerara sugar
250g honey
3 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground cloves
½ tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp powdered ginger
300g all-purpose flour
100g whole wheat flour
350g cake flour (soft flour)
10-12 whole walnut kernels, divided into quarters

Preparation

1 Heat the butter, sugar and honey, stirring constantly, over low heat until the sugar and butter have melted completely. Set aside to cool (10 minutes). 2 Lightly whisk the eggs. 3 Mix and combine baking soda, spices, all-purpose, whole wheat and cake flour. 4 Add the lightly beaten eggs, flour and spices to the melted honey, sugar and butter mixture. Mix and combine to obtain smooth and soft dough. 5 Cover the dough with foil and leave in a cool place for 1-3 days. 6 Then divide and roll the dough into long rolls 1.5 cm in diameter, cut them into smaller rolls. Shape each roll into a walnut sized ball. 7 Place the dough balls, few centimetres apart from each other, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicon sheet. Insert, only halfway, a quarter of the walnut kernel at the top of each cookie. 8 Bake the cookies in the oven at 190°C for 10-12 minutes. Cool and store in an airtight container.

About

Perfect, traditional Christmas cookies ful of flavor. Not too sweet, easy to make and easy to store for a week or two.