I have finally used up all of the honey.
A couple of months ago I was gifted with a jar of local honey. Being a big fan of the food I was looking forward to seeing what I could do with it. I batted a few ideas around in my head, and slowly coalesced around an idea--
Honey sugar cookies.
Yes, I realize that honey is (mostly) sugar and that you could call "honey sugar" cookies kind of oxymoronic. But I tried them, and they were really good. Over the past few months I've made them more, gave them to my dad (among others) and realized that yup, they're not oxymoronic all all.
They are, however, quite good.
So good, in fact, that they may become a “Jim Staple”, which is something I can't say for every cookie I've ever tried (although they are a few, like the whole wheat chocolate chip and lemon rosemary cookies that do make the list). However, I've now used the last of that jar, and I'm curious as to whether or not it's that particular kind of honey that made the cookie, or whether ANY honey will work. I guess I'll find out the next time I make them, right?
So if you're bored one day, curious about what a honey sugar cookie might taste like, and have some high quality honey lying around, here's my recipe. Try them out, and good luck. Although, you know, can ANY cookie with honey in it be bad?
I'm guessing not.
If you wanna give it a shot--
Mix a stick of butter with 2/3rds of a cup of sugar. Then add an egg and a quarter cup of your favorite honey. In a separate bowl mix two cups of flour, a teaspoon and a half of cinnamon, a tablespoon of baking powder, and a dash of salt. Combine the two bowls, form into balls, and bake for 12 minutes at 350. If you're really energetic you can even roll the balls in a cinnamon-sugar mix before you bake them.
Then comes the most important part--
Eating them!
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