Does it bother me that maybe there should be a hyphen in the title? Kinda. But I actually purposefully left it out to keep it vague and free. Anyhow. I bring you Honey Spiced Cookies based on the Honey Biscuits recipe from A Feast of Ice and Fire (aka Game of Thrones cookbook for those of you who *scoff* didn’t read the books). This is an incredible cookbook! I can’t recommend enough. It’s all based on foods that George RR Martin wrote into the books, and it splits the recipes into the different regions of Westeros. I’ve made several recipes from this cookbook such as applecakes and bread (both recipes serving the faithful Night’s Watch at the Wall). This recipe comes from the South from Lord Caswell’s kitchen.
These honey spiced cookies are warm, soft, and wonderfully potent with spices like pumpkin and ginger. The recipe takes under fifteen minutes and does not have a long ingredient list (honestly, if it’s too complicated, I don’t even want to make it). This recipe is probably best suited for warmer months due to its fall/winter-like spices, but I made this in a California heat wave (90 degrees F, ya’ll), and we still finished all of them in 1.5 sittings between the two of us. I mean, who says no to cookies based on the season?! Get real.
- 1 cup AP flour
- 1/2 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 stick butter, chilled and cubed small
- 1/4 cup honey
- extra sugar for decorating
- Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees F and grease up a baking sheet.
- Mix together all the dry ingredients in large bowl: flour, sugar, spices, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Use your fingers and rub the cubed butter into the dry mix until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Heat honey in a bowl in the microwave for 30 seconds.
- Pour hot honey into mixture and stir until it turns into a soft dough.
- Pour the extra sugar into a bowl.
- Roll the soft dough into roughly 2-inch balls and roll and coat them in sugar.
- Place on baking sheet without flattening them and give them plenty of room to expand.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, until the tops of the cookies are just cracked.
- Let cool if you can and then devour.
BONUS PUPPY PIC
