Medenjaci - Croatian Honey Spice Cookies

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

This recipe contains butter, demerara sugar, honey, eggs, baking soda, ground cinnamon, cloves (ground), nutmeg, ginger (powder), all-purpose flour, flour (whole wheat), cake flour, walnuts

45-55 cookies servings

Prep time: 40 min

Cook time: 10 min

Ingredients:

• 250g butter
• 180g Demerara sugar
• 250g honey
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp powdered ginger
• 300g all-purpose flour
• 100g whole wheat flour
• 350g cake flour (soft flour)
• 10-12 whole walnut kernels, divided into quarters

Instructions:

• 1. Heat the butter, sugar and honey, stirring constantly, over low heat until the sugar and butter have melted completely. Set aside to cool (10 minutes).
• 2. Lightly whisk the eggs.
• 3. Mix and combine baking soda, spices, all-purpose, whole wheat and cake flour.
• 4. Add the lightly beaten eggs, flour and spices to the melted honey, sugar and butter mixture. Mix and combine to obtain smooth and soft dough.
• 5. Cover the dough with foil and leave in a cool place for 1-3 days.
• 6. Then divide and roll the dough into long rolls 1.5 cm in diameter, cut them into smaller rolls. Shape each roll into a walnut sized ball.
• 7. Place the dough balls, few centimetres apart from each other, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicon sheet. Insert, only halfway, a quarter of the walnut kernel at the top of each cookie.
• 8. Bake the cookies in the oven at 190°C for 10-12 minutes. Cool and store in an airtight container.