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Honey Cookies

honey cookies with sea salt on a black wire cooling rack with a dish of honey

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Sweet (but not too sweet) soft and chewy honey cookies. Make them in one bowl with just a big spoon and 7 ingredients! They’re so yummy and easy!

  • Prep Time: 15
  • Cook Time: 10
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Category: dessert

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cup salted butter, softened (enough to just mix with a spoon)
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375F.
  2. In a large mixing bowl: combine butter, honey, brown sugar, and egg using a large spoon. Mix until creamy and no large chunks of butter remain. wet ingredients for honey cookies fully combine in one bowl
  3. Add the flour, salt and baking soda and stir again until dough is smooth. smooth honey cookie dough in a glass mixing bowl
  4. Use a 1 1/2 tbsp cookie scoop to drop cookie dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Leave about 3 inches space around each cookie to allow for spreading. honey cookie dough dropped onto a parchment line baking sheet
  5. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until just golden brown around the edges. honey cookies on parchment paper sprinkled with sea salt
  6. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes after coming out of the oven, then transfer to a wire cooling rack. Sprinkle with sea salt