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Honey and Cinnamon Christmas biscuits

These Honey and Cinnamon Christmas biscuits are popular in Middle-Europe during  Advent. They are similar to English ginger biscuits (cookies) but a bit softer because of the honey. You can add some mixed spice to the dough if you'd like to spice them up a bit. They make excellent gifts and Christmas decorations too.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 5 people
Cuisine: Mid&East European
Calories: 1234

Ingredients
  

  • 150 g flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch ground cloves
  • 50 g soft butter or dairy-free margarine
  • 50 g soft brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 Tbsp honey

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 170°C.
  2. Mix the egg with the honey.
  3. In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and cloves.
  4. Cream the butter with the sugar, then add it to the flour. Combine well into a dough.
  5. Roll the dough out on a floured surface to 5mm thickness, then stamp out Christmas shapes.
  6. Place the biscuits on a non-stick or lined baking tray, then insert a hole with a straw in each at the point you want to hang them from.
  7. Bake for about 15 minutes until cooked through and golden.
  8. Leave them to cool completely on a wire rack, then decorate them to your liking.