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🍽️ Crunchy Honey and Spice Cookies

196 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 35 ml whipping cream
• 80 g butter
• 100 g honey
• 50 g sugar
• 0.5 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1 pinch cardamom
• 0.5 untreated orange (zest)
• 0.5 tsp saltpeter
• 225 g flour
• 50 g ground hazelnuts
• 225 g liquid honey
• 4 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp chopped almond kernels
• 50 g puffed rice

Instructions

1. 1. Heat cream, butter, and syrup in a pot until the butter has melted.
2. 2. Stir in sugar, spices, orange peel, saltpeter (a leavening agent), flour, and nuts into the warm mixture.
3. 3. Knead everything into a smooth dough.
4. 4. Divide the dough into two equal parts.
5. 5. Shape each part into a roll with a diameter of 3 cm.
6. 6. Cover the rolls and place them in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
7. 7. Preheat the oven to 180°C using top and bottom heat.
8. 8. Slice the cold rolls into 1 cm thick rounds.
9. 9. Shape the rounds into small balls and press them down slightly.
10. 10. Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
11. 11. Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for approx. 15 minutes.
12. 12. Lightly caramelize honey and butter in a pot.
13. 13. Remove the pot from the heat and let the mixture cool down briefly.
14. 14. Thoroughly mix puffed rice and nuts with the honey-butter mixture.
15. 15. Form small balls from the mixture using two teaspoons.
16. 16. Place the balls on baking paper and let them dry.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 196
• Protein: 2 g · Fett/Fat: 9 g · Carbs: 26 g