Honey Cakes

Name: Honey Cakes (Honningkager)
Yield: About 48 cookies, depending on the size of the cutters
Cuisine: Danish
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; ⅓ cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed; ½ cup honey; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (spoon flour into dry-measure cup and level off); ⅔ cup heavy whipping cream; 4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces; ¼ cup water; 3 cups confectioners’ sugar

Honningkager

Preparation info

About
48
cookies, depending on the size of the cutters

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Baker's Tour

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2005

About

The addition of butter and cream to the dough makes these honey cakes very delicate. They are a modem take on cookies that are medieval in origin. These make perfect Christmas cookies.

Ingredients

Dough

4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (spoon flour into dry-measure cup and level off)
1 teaspoon baking soda

Europe
Italy
Denmark
Vegetarian
Cake
Mediterranean

Method

Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
For the dough, mix the flour with the baking soda and spices in a large bowl and set aside.
Bring the honey, brown sugar, and butter to a boil over medium heat, s