Medenjaci (Croatian Honey Spice Cookies) recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 cup demerara sugar
¾ cup honey
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 ½ cups cake flour
¾ cup whole wheat flour
3 eggs, lightly whisked
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground ginger
12 whole walnuts, divided into quarters

Nutrition Info

130.6 calories
carbohydrate: 20.7 g
cholesterol: 21.8 mg
fat: 4.7 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 2.1 g
saturatedFat: 2.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 60.1 mg
sugar: 8.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Stir butter, sugar, and honey together in a large saucepan over low heat until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved. Cool for 10 minutes.

  2. Mix all-purpose flour, cake flour, whole wheat flour, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger together in a bowl.

  3. Beat flour mixture and eggs into cooled butter mixture until a smooth, soft dough forms. Cover the saucepan with aluminum foil and set in a cool place to ferment, 1 to 3 days.

  4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.

  5. Divide dough into long ropes about 2/3-inch in diameter. Cut ropes into 1 1/2-inch sections. Roll each piece of dough into a walnut-size ball. Place balls 1 1/2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Press a walnut piece halfway into the top of each cookie.

  6. Bake cookies in the preheated oven until slightly golden, 10 to 12 minutes.

Recipe Yield

4 dozen cookies

Recipe Note

Perfect, traditional Christmas cookies full of flavor. Not too sweet, easy to make and easy to store in an airtight container for a week or two.

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