Spiced Vanilla Honey Cookies
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Serves: 18
 
Ingredients
  • 1¾ cup flour
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp all-spice
  • ⅛ tsp ground cloves
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1 egg
  • 2 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 2 Tbsp honey
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • ¼ tsp ground vanilla beans (optional)
  • 1 Tbsp milk
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, and the spices. Set aside.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the butter with the sugar. Cream together until light and fluffy.
  4. Add the egg, and mix until fully incorporated.
  5. Mix in the vanilla and honey, then the flour mixture until just combined.
  6. Scoop the mixture onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 8-9 minutes. Cookies will not look done.
  7. Let the cookies cool a few minutes on the baking sheet before moving them to a cooling rack.
  8. Combine the powdered sugar, ground vanilla beans, and milk, then drizzle over the cookies.
Recipe by The Kitchen Paper at http://c02.ddd.mwp.accessdomain.com/spiced-vanilla-honey-cookies/