Medenjaci - Croatian Honey Spice Cookies

Medenjaci - Croatian Honey Spice Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 45 servings with 140 calories, 2g of protein, and 5g of fat each. For 21 cents per serving, this recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Foodista requires ground cloves, demerara sugar, ground cinnamon, and baking soda. Not a lot of people made this recipe, and 6 would say it hit the spot. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a very bad (but still fixable) spoonacular score of 9%. Melomakarona (Honey-Spice Cookies), Pumpkin Honey Spice Cookies, and Greek Honey & Spice Cookies (Melomakarona) are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 45

 

Ingredients:

250g butter

180g Demerara sugar

250g honey

3 eggs

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp ground cloves

½ tsp ground nutmeg

½ tsp powdered ginger

300g all-purpose flour

100g whole wheat flour

350g cake flour (soft flour)

10-12 whole walnut kernels, divided into quarters

Equipment:

whisk

aluminum foil

baking paper

baking sheet

oven

Cooking instruction summary:

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). Lightly whisk the eggs. Mix and combine baking soda, spices, all-purpose, whole wheat and cake flour. 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. Cover the dough with foil and leave in a cool place for 1-3 days. 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. 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. Bake the cookies in the oven at 190C for 10-12 minutes. Cool and store in an airtight container.

 

Step by step:


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.

5. Mix and combine to obtain smooth and soft dough.

6. Cover the dough with foil and leave in a cool place for 1-3 days.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Bake the cookies in the oven at 190C for 10-12 minutes. Cool and store in an airtight container.


Nutrition Information:

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140 Calories
2g Protein
5g Total Fat
21g Carbs
0% Health Score
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Calories
140
7%

Fat
5g
8%

  Saturated Fat
3g
19%

Carbohydrates
21g
7%

  Sugar
8g
10%

Cholesterol
22mg
8%

Sodium
72mg
3%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
2g
5%

Manganese
0.26mg
13%

Selenium
7µg
11%

Vitamin B1
0.07mg
5%

Folate
17µg
4%

Vitamin B2
0.06mg
4%

Iron
0.58mg
3%

Phosphorus
31mg
3%

Vitamin A
155IU
3%

Vitamin B3
0.6mg
3%

Fiber
0.72g
3%

Copper
0.05mg
2%

Magnesium
8mg
2%

Zinc
0.24mg
2%

Vitamin E
0.22mg
1%

Vitamin B5
0.13mg
1%

Vitamin B6
0.02mg
1%

Potassium
35mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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