Swiss Honey Spice Cookies (Tirggel)
Soft, chewy honey-spiced cookies with a touch of citrus, ready in under 20 minutes. These taste like Christmas but come together on a weeknight.
- Total time
- 18 min
- Servings
- 12
- Calories
- 145
- Protein
- 2g
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup honey
- 4 tbsp butter, softened
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp spice blend (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, anise)
- ½ tsp lemon zest
Instructions
- 1
Heat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 2
Whisk flour, spice blend, and lemon zest in a bowl.
- 3
In another bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until pale, about 2 minutes.
- 4
Stir honey into the butter mixture, then fold in the flour mixture until a thick dough forms.
- 5
Drop spoonfuls onto the parchment sheet, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake 8–10 minutes until edges are set but centers still soft.
- 6
Cool on the sheet for 3 minutes, then move to a wire rack to cool completely.
Tools you’ll need
- oven
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- two mixing bowls
- whisk
- wooden spoon
- wire cooling rack
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