Honey Nut Christmas Cookies Recipes

HONEY-NUT CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Place flour in a large bowl. Cut in cold butter and cream cheese until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Shape into two disks; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle., Preheat oven to 325°. Place sugar and 1 cup pecans in a food processor; cover and process until pecans are finely chopped. Transfer to a small bowl; stir in 1/3 cup honey, butter and cinnamon., On a lightly floured surface, roll one portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-in. round cookie cutter. Place a teaspoonful of filling on the center of half of the circles; top with remaining circles. Press edges with a fork to seal. Repeat with remaining dough., Transfer to greased baking sheets. Brush with remaining honey and sprinkle with remaining pecans. Bake 18-22 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

OMA KIENER'S HAZELNUT CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat the butter, sugar, egg, and salt together in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Stir in the flour and baking soda, and mix just until blended. Mix in the hazelnuts.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and shape into 2 1/2 inch log. Wrap snugly in wax paper, and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
• Unwrap, and cut the log into 1/8 inch thick slices. Place on prepared baking sheets 2 inches apart. Brush tops with beaten egg and, if desired, decorate with sprinkles.
• Bake in preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on racks, and store in an airtight tin.

HONEY NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine first 4 ingredients and mix well.
• Combine next 4 ingredients and add to honey butter mixture.
• Add the raisins and chopped walnuts.
• Bake at 350 degree F for 12-15 minutes or until just lightly golden brown. (The original recipe called for them to be baked 10-12 minutes but I cooked them longer because they didn't seem to be done enough.) They will turn out soft.

HONEY-NUT SWIRLS

Steps:

• On a lightly floured surface, unfold puff pastry. Roll into a 12x9-in. rectangle., In a small bowl, combine the walnuts, pistachios, brown sugar, butter, honey, cinnamon and salt. Spread over pastry to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side. Cut into 1/2-in. slices., Place 2 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Brush with cream and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks.

HONEY NUT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Beat together brown sugar with wet ingredients in one bowl using an electric hand mixer. Mixture won't cream together, but mix as thoroughly as you can.
• In another bowl combine your dry ingredients and mix well.
• Fold wet ingredients into your dry ingredients until well combined and moistened. I use a spatula since mixture gets very sticky.
• Chill dough for 20 minutes before spooning onto a cookie sheet. Cookies do not spread while cooking, so you'll want to flatten them with a fork.
• Bake cookies for about 10-15 minutes depending on size. They should be done when they are light brown around the edges. Be careful not to overbake.