They don’t tell you this when you’re a kid, but life is kinda tough. Well, I guess I do remember hearing that, but when you’re a kid you think they mean it’s gonna be tough for everyone EXCEPT you. So it’s a bit of a shock when you finally get out of school, move out on your own and then look around thinking, “Wait, you mean this isn’t gonna be easy??”
So, right now I’m looking for something that IS easy. Something uncomplicated. These cookies are just what I need. They’re made from simple ingredients, and not too many of them. I don’t have to run out and purchase cake flour or coconut oil, and it’s not going to take me an hour to clean up when I’m done.
I still use the first cookbook I ever owned, the“Alpha-Bakery Children’s Cookbook,” which is where these cookies are from. These are sweet, chewy morsels of childhood, and that is something that everyone needs once in a while.
Honey Bee Cookies
Adapted from the Alpha-Bakery Children’s Cookbook
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup honey
1 egg
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground cinnamonPreheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Beat together the butter, brown sugar, honey and egg in a medium bowl until smooth, scraping the sides occasionally. Stir in all remaining ingredients.
Drop spoon fulls of dough onto a greased or lined baking sheet. Bake about 7 to 10 minutes, or until the cookies are set and the edges are beginning to brown. The cookies will still look shiny when they’re done. Allow them to cool and then enjoy slowly; the real world can wait.
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They look comforting, but what’s the story behind the name??:)
I wish there was a good story to this, but I actually stole it directly from the book. In the book there’s a cartoon picture of honey bees to go with the recipe, it’s pretty cute
These look simple and comforting. I get really nice cactus and mesquite honey from the farmer’s market (Santa Fe) and think I’ll try the cookies with that. Thank you for posting.
YUM! That’s all that comes to mind… is YUM! and I have all the ingredients right in my cabinet! Yay!
these look simple and wonderful.
That was the first cookbook I ever owned, too. It disappeared at some point, but I still have this recipe. It was my favorite!
I still make them and people get really excited about them.
Caroline, these cookies are subperb. I just made some and of course, had to try one hot out of the oven. Henry even likes them, too, so that is an extra bonus for me, because now I have somebody to help me eat them!
Anu – that honey sounds amazing! I wonder if I can get it somewhere in LA…
Koriann – I love this book! My old one actually fell apart you can get it on Amazon for almost nothing.
Sounds good – I have all the ingredients on hand. Will have to make these !
All ingredients are in my kitchen. I love when that happens!
Thanks for the recipe!
Sounds good and I have everything I need! Thanks!
My oh my… those look wonderful! I love honey and this will just be something else I make with it. they look awesome.
I made this recipe last month and my goodness were they addictive! They didn’t last but a day and a half. I actually woke up in the middle of the night and had to have one (okay 2, but I’m pregnant
P). The honey and cinnamon flavor is out of this world and they are sooooo easy to mix up! I have added these to my Christmas cookie ensemble this year. I don’t know how many of them are going to make it to my sister’s house though. Thank you for sharing this easy recipe.
Yey! I was searching all over for that little ABC cookbook but I think it’s lost somewhere in my grandma’s attic, ha. Almost every time she asked if I wanted to bake we made these.
I had a sudden burst of nostalgia/craving where I needed these cookies so thank you, thank you, thaaaank you.
My children & I had so much fun cooking our way through that little cookbook while we were homeschooling. The Honey Bee Cookies are my daughter’s favorite. Tomorrow is her wedding shower and we were asked to bring her favorite foods and a recipe to share. I’m so glad you posted them as I can’t find my ABC cookbook and I plan to make them for her shower.
I just tried making these cookiues but instead of store bought honey I used fresh homemade honey, what a disaster, it was melted in the oven, should I have useed less hioney, if so how much? I tried putting in more flour not good!
I have been making these cookies for years and I have found that sometimes you need to add more flour after you have mixed all the ingredients together. Add it in slowly as you stir until you get a thicker consistency to the dough. – it should look like the picture of the dough above. That might help, and make it possible for you to keep using real honey.
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Thank you so much for having this recipe on here! I loved my alpha bakery cook book, but I had to leave it behind when a bad living situation caused me to have to get out quick. These cookies are a Christmas favorite of my families, and the only blue ribbon winner I have had at the local fair – I was 7! Im so thankful that you have this recipe up so I can continue making these cookies for my family.
While traveling I found a small market and was drawn to the honey. It sat on my counter for a couple of weeks until now. Perfect recipe because it really features the honey. I added a lemon glaze just to bring a little punch. Thanks!
Made these last night as a thank-you for co-workers who threw us a Pooh themed baby shower (googled “honey cookies”)…but had to sample first, of course! They’re SO good! The flavor is really lovely and I’m not even that crazy about honey – or cinnamon, actually. Thanks for sharing this!
Ok have fallen in love with this recipe ….and cant wait to try it out…. ; )
I just made these cookies adding a couple of tablespoons of peanut butter and 1/2 a cup of oatmeal. They were delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
What a sweet bit of nostalgia. Alpha-Bakery was also the first book I ever owned and I make these to this day as well. Thanks for providing the recipe to the internet -I left my copy in the States!
I am obsessed with these cookies! My house smells fantastic, and they are just the perfect little treat. Plus the dough is unreal. So yummy.
Hi! These look great! I can’t find how many cookies this recipe makes, though. I found the recipe on the “Tasty Kitchen” site, which has that cool feature that allows you to change the quantity and it changes the ingredients quantities for you…but on that site, the base quantity was “15.” 15 cookies? Please help…I’d like to make these for a cookie exchange this weekend, and I’m not the world’s most confident cook.
Thank you!
Colleen
Hi Colleen, I’ve made this recipe a few times and it yields about 14 cookies. Sorry about that!
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