Beehive Cookies
- Yield 4 dozen
Homemade slice-and-bake cookies are flavored with cinnamon, lemon and honey.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, lightly chilled, cut in bits
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup whipped honey or crème
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest (about 2 lemons)
- 1 -- egg
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- -- Coarse sugar, optional
Instructions
- Cream butter, brown sugar, honey and lemon zest until smooth; beat in egg. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to butter mixture in three additions, mixing well after each.
- Scrape dough onto plastic wrap; shape it into a log about 12 inches long. Chill an hour or so until firm, or up to 24 hours.
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Cut log into 1/4-inch slices; place 1 inch apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with coarse sugar, if desired, lightly pressing sugar into dough. Bake until edges are lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Cool 5 minutes on baking sheet, then transfer to a rack. Cool completely.
