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healthy Purim cookies -- "Esther's Jewels"

Honey Cookies for Purim

Rachel Ramey
Course Dessert, Holiday

Ingredients
  

  • 4-1/4 c. fresh pastry flour flour ground from soft white wheat
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 sticks butter softened
  • 3/4 c. honey
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 egg

Instructions
 

  • Combine dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. In a separate bowl, beat butter, honey, and vanilla with an electric mixer until creamy. Add egg; beat well. Add half of dry mixture and mix well, then add remaining dry mixture and mix thoroughly. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Option 1: Roll dough into 1" balls. Place 2" apart on cookie sheets and flatten to 1/8" thickness.
  • Option 2: Roll dough into balls. Place on cookie sheets and make a deep indentation in each one with your thumb. Fill with jam. (You could also try pressing a Hershey's kiss into it immediately after baking, but I haven't had a chance to try this yet.)
  • Option 3: Roll dough out on lightly but thoroughly floured surface to 1/4-1/2" thickness, sprinkling the top with flour before rolling. Cut out with cookie cutters and place on a cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 5-7 minutes, just until set. Cookies should still be soft. Cool for 1 minute, then remove to wire rack. Allow to cool completely before storing.