Honey Molasses Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup honey
• 1/2 Cup molasses
• 3/4 Cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 medium egg
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 2 3/4 Cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp allspice
• 1 tsp cloves
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/3 Cup citron, cut up (substitute with lemon)
• 1/3 Cup chopped nuts
• 1 Cup sugar
• 1/2 Cup water
• 1/4 Cup powdered sugar

Instructions

1. 1

   --- Cookies ---

2. 2

   Preheat oven to 400°

3. 3

   In large saucepan, mix together honey and molasses

4. 4

   Cook until it comes to a boil

5. 5

   Remove from heat

6. 6

   Allow to cool completely

7. 7

   Mix in brown sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and egg

8. 8

   Now mix in all remaining cookie ingredients

9. 9

   Prepare a greased baking sheet

10. 10

    Divide dough into 2 - 4 sections. Only work with one section at a time, refrigerating the sections you aren't working with at the moment.

11. 11

    On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to ¼-inch thick

12. 12

    Cut into 2½ - 1½ inch rectangles

13. 13

    Place rectangles an inch apart on baking sheet

14. 14

    Bake approximately 10 - 12 minutes

15. 15

    Remove from baking sheet and brush with glaze. Allow to cool

16. 16

    --- Glaze ---

17. 17

    In medium saucepan over a medium heat, mix together the sugar and water

18. 18

    Cook until sugar granules are melted

19. 19

    Remove from heat.

20. 20

    Stir in powdered sugar and mix until all ingredients are thoroughly combined

21. 21

    Brush over baked cookes before they cool

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    If glaze begins to harden, slightly warm until melted again