Simple Honey Cookie Recipe

This simple honey cookie recipe delivers! I love honey and often when a recipe lists honey in the title I’m disappointed, because the flavor of the honey doesn’t come through. No so in this case!

This honey cookie recipe is simple to make and is tender and chewy!

So… cookie recipes are some of my faves and this new honey cookie recipe is good.

Really good. Soft and chewy and if you love honey, the honey flavor really shines.

I made them for Rosh Hashanah, but they are a perfect Fall cookie.

The Jewish new year is all about honey in the sense that we always wish everyone a sweet new year.

It is traditional to eat apples and honey to celebrate and this year I decided these cookies would also be a great way to showcase honey.

Any type of good quality honey can be used as long as you like it.

I used a clover honey but I think an orange blossom honey or a wildflower honey would also be delish!

Here’s a fun honey sampler, in case you want to compare a few! Besides they make great gifts!

Love maple extract? Add that instead of vanilla extract and if pumpkin flavors are your jive, add in some of those, too!

This soft honey cookies recipe is very popular.

It may not be the prettiest cookie, but topped with some honey glaze, well, it kind of zhuzh’s them up.

(That’s a fun word, by the way! It means to improve in appearance by way of a slight adjustment!)

I do that a lot!

These delicious cookies are easy to make and would be perfect on any Christmas cookie platter or Thanksgiving table.

Because of the addition of honey, they stay moist and retain the chewy center for awhile.

How to Make this Honey Cookie Recipe:

In a large bowl begin by combining the sugar, brown sugar, butter, honey and vanilla.

Try to start with room temperature ingredients, because it makes it so much easier to mix.

You can use a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, but a hand held mixer works also.

Now in a large measuring cup or a bowl, combine the dry ingredients of flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cornstarch.

Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients. You may want to drape a clean dishtowel over the mixer so the flour doesn’t fly everywhere.

Be sure to do this on low speed and add the flour in small intervals.

The hardest part about this easy recipe is that the cookie dough has to chill before rolling into dough balls.

I promise, these honey cookies are worth the wait.

Chill for about 30 minutes or up to 5 days before baking.

Form into tablespoon scoops and roll in white sugar if you like.

Or make cinnamon sugar!

I skipped this part and chose to drizzle with honey frosting.

The fun part about this cookie is that you can come up with so many variations.

Add chocolate chips and make honey chocolate chip cookies.

Dip in melted chocolate-white or dark for a pretty version of this perfect honey cookie.

Add in some gingerbread spices to make gingerbread cookies.

Divide up your cookie dough and make several varieties.

I made sure to sprinkle with coarse salt after I drizzled. If you love the flavor of salty and sweet together, don’t miss this!

This is a great recipe to zhuzh up!

Bake on a parchment-lined baking sheet for and store in an airtight container and they will last a good few days!

I don’t have that many containers so I always store my cookies in giant zip-lock bags!

Isn’t it amazing how a few simple ingredients can make such a delicious cookie?

Let me know how you make these cookies.

There are so many great options to zhuzh these up!

 

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