Honey and Spice Cookies

Name: Honey and Spice Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1-1/2 cups butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup honey; 4-1/2 cups plain flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoon all spice; A little bit of extra white and brown sugar mixed to roll biscuits in before cooking if desired.

ByKate Fairlie August 20, 2012February 22, 2023 Updated onFebruary 22, 2023

6 Comments

The aim of the game is to make enough sweet biscuits/cookies to last a whole week of school lunches and snacks.

I’ve got a few recipes up my sleeve now, and last week it was Honey and Spice Cookies that won the household vote.

Honey and Spice Cookies

Yield: lots

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup honey
4-1/2 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoon all spice
A little bit of extra white and brown sugar mixed to roll biscuits in before cooking if desired.

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar. Add in eggs and beat well then stir in the honey.
Combine the flour, baking soda and spices in a separate bowl and mix well.
Add the dry ingredients a little at a time mixing well as you go.
Shape dough into balls, roll in the extra sugar and place on a lined baking tray.
Bake in a moderate oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until cookies are light brown and puffed.

This recipes makes a LOT of cookies. You will need a big bowl to mix them in and it will take a while to cook enough batches of cookies to get through the whole mix. You could definitely half the mixture if you wanted to, but they keep well in a sealed container for up to a week.

If you like your cookies slightly crunchy then cook these for a little longer. If you like soft and chewy go for a shorter cooking time. Either way they are delicious!

Kate Fairlie

Kate is a mum of four, with a degree in early childhood education, and many years experience as an early years teacher and parent educator.
Kate created picklebums to help parents and teachers find lots of play-based activities and printables for kids aged 2-10.

6 Comments

Caitlin says:

August 20, 2012 at 4:27 pm

I’m out of biscuits. This looks like a nice easy recipe to fill up the biscuit jar. Thanks. If I can return the favour, here’s our current family favourite. Although for full disclosure, if you don’t double the recipe, I think it would take a lot of self control for them to last the whole week, them being particularly delicious and all.

http://caitlinshappyheart.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/janelles-peanut-better-cookies.html

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Nic says:

August 20, 2012 at 5:27 pm

This looks nice. So half of 1.5 cups is 3/4 cup right? so whats that in grams……

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Jode says:

August 20, 2012 at 11:53 pm

Oh, these do look nice…shall try them for next weekends lunchbox bake! I made Anzac slice for lunchboxes this week and posted the recipe today although the twins weren’t keen on them. Perhaps i shall have better luck with these biscuits…thanks for sharing the recipe!

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Jennifer says:

August 21, 2012 at 5:15 pm

Made these today with our fresh ground wheat flour and sucanat (sugar cane natural) instead of the sugar. They were, in my four year old son’s words, “majorly delicious” and my husband ate 5 after dinner!

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Chris says:

June 2, 2013 at 9:30 pm

Sound yum! Similar to honey biscuits that are our latest favourites but with more spices. Just wish I knew what 1.5 cups of butter was in grams!

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