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Hanukkah Honey Cookies

Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Aug 14, 2006
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Celebrate Hanukkah with honey-flavored cookies cut into traditional holiday shapes.

Hanukkah Honey Cookies

  • Prep Time 60 min
  • Total 60 min
  • Servings 42
  • Ingredients 14
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Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 2/3 cup honey
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 egg
  • 2 3/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Easy Almond Glaze

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons water

Blue Decorator Frosting

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 to 5 teaspoons water
  • Blue food color
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet. In large bowl, mix 1/3 cup powdered sugar, the butter, honey, 1 teaspoon almond extract and egg. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt until well blended.
  • Step 
    2
    On lightly floured, cloth-covered surface, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters. Place about 1 inch apart on cookie sheet.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
  • Step 
    4
    For almond glaze, in medium bowl, mix 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon almond extract and 2 tablespoons water until smooth. Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until spreadable.
  • Step 
    5
    For blue frosting, in another medium bowl, mix 1 cup powdered sugar and enough water to make frosting that can be easily drizzled or used in a decorating bag yet hold its shape. Stir in 3 or 4 drops food color.
  • Step 
    6
    Spread almond glaze over cookies. Decorate with blue frosting.

Nutrition

90 Calories
2 g Total Fat
1 g Protein
20 g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
90
Calories from Fat
20
Total Fat
2 g
Saturated Fat
0g
Cholesterol
5 mg
Sodium
75 mg
Potassium
15 mg
Total Carbohydrate
20 g
Dietary Fiber
0g
Protein
1 g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
1 Starch;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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