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Honey Sweetened Holiday Cut Out Cookies

Kate Schat
Enjoy your holiday with these sugar cookies. Using honey makes them naturally-sweetened (no refined sugar here!) and you don't use a lot so they are cost-effective.
4.94 from 44 votes
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 5 dozen
Calories 56 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened/at room temp
  • ½ cup honey
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat honey and butter until well combined, scraping the bowl a few times if needed. Add in egg, vanilla and salt, mix well. Mix in flour until well combined.
  • It will still be a little sticky but scoop it into a container and chill for 30-60 minutes (If it ends up in fridge overnight, you may need to let it sit on counter a bit to warm up as it may be too firm…)
  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Divide dough in half and roll dough out on a floured surface to ¼ inch thickness. Cut out your desired shapes, and transfer to cookie sheets lined with parchment or silpats. Re-roll scraps and cut out some more!
  • Bake for 8 minutes, turn trays around, and bake another 5 minutes, until edges are just getting gently browned. If you want them crispy and not chewy, bake a few more minutes.
  • Cool, decorate to your hearts content, and enjoy!

Notes

  • I fill 3 half-sheet pans with this batch of dough, which is approximately 5 dozen cookies for me. It depends on how big you make your shapes, but hopefully this gives you a good idea of yield.

Nutrition

Calories: 56kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 21mgPotassium: 9mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 99IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 1mg
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