Perfect Honey Cookies with Honey Frosting for Rosh Hashanah

Can you go into Rosh Hashanah without a jar of honey cookies?! These cookies are the perfect mix of crunchy outside, soft center, and all the delicious spices reminiscent of fall. They’re also super simple to make. Eat them straight out of the oven or jazz them up a bit with a drizzle of honey-flavored frosting.

 

These cookies can even be tweaked to look like little apples for extra cute bonus points!

20m 12
Easy Vegetarian Pescatarian Parve

Contains: Gluten, Egg, Wheat

Directions

Prepare the Honey Cookies

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius).

  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat oil, honey, egg, vanilla extract, and brown sugar until nice and creamy.

  3. Whisk together the dry ingredients and slowly incorporate into the batter. Mix together until a dough is formed.

  4. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop dough out onto a cookie sheet, placing the cookies about one inch (two and a half centimeters) apart to allow for spreading. Bake for 10 minutes.

  5. Combine frosting ingredients in a small bowl. Allow cookies to cool and drizzle with frosting.

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Esther Finkelstein

So easy, And tastes AMAZING!!!!

Lisi Wolfson

What did you use for the leaves?

Chana Fox Kosher.com Team
Reply to Lisi Wolfson

Hi Lisi,
In the video of this recipe those leaves are certainly a nice touch!
These are fake decorative leaves. Something like this could work (just cut off the stem):

https://www.amazon.com/Meiliy-Artificial-Greenery-Centerpieces-Decorations/dp/B07QGSKYRY/ref=sr_1_47?crid=LRTF0M7SPGQF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Av9cqM7PUL6cTFQ_a_aJhgbghOB021txNSUm74Y55P1yLP6251yEtNObUDc0k9PBB2coBODO8hM-1B_Jj2K7K0jF8GCeIz3qZzUd9mzNUz7WrLERX15vNeh9mWjQXHPfdhy6TVwBpu35t1Kccd6ONkYtBMDMSSSY09FPeOUhvSZWIIID9e-9Vp7VnjnzGk3fElcOrN1YoXRQL-5L3tA-UlUB3z_9RCCrwWZBwTcFXeFnbEOYU7T18Q_-9DP9slNTAQEyPZO8OEMs-yvMEx6aTs7_V9NAOVWEkEfmDsMpMdI.wGI5z_TZG3BTc0DzQlbOkRbj4U4weygHs4_f-gkwEto&dib_tag=se&keywords=decorative+fake+leaves+for+cookie&qid=1727743482&sprefix=decorative+fake+leaves+for+cookie%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-47

-Chana Tzirel from Kosher.com

tamar

Do I have to make the frosting or is it good without?

Chana Fox Kosher.com Team
Reply to tamar

Hi Tamar,
You can omit the frosting if you'd like. These are delicious either way!
-Chana Tzirel from Kosher.com

Leah Goldstein

Since we have egg allergies, we put water instead of the egg and it also came out great!

Rochel

Made these for Rosh Hashana as guests and they were a huge hit with hosts! Didn't have allspice so substituted with a bit more cinnamon and some salt to balance out the sweetness. 10 out of 10 for sure!