Recipe - Honey Almond Stars

2 One half cup All purpose flour
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Ground coriander
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ground ginger
Three fourths cup Honey
One half cup Firmly packed brown sugar
One half cup Granulated sugar
2 lg Eggs
One half teaspoon Almond extract
2 cup Almonds; ground fine in food
processor
One fourth cup Light corn syrup
1 Lemon; Juice of

In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt and spices. In a
large saucepan, heat One half cup of the honey and sugars over low heat,
stirring, just until sugars are dissolved. Remove pan from heat and let
mixture cool slightly. In a large bowl, beat together eggs and extract.
Beat in honey mixture and stir in ground almonds.

Stir in flour mixture to form a soft dough. Wrap dough in plastic and let
stand at room temperature for 4 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Divide dough into quarters and roll each flat to about One fourth inch thick. Use
starshaped cookie cutters to cut cookies and transfer to baking sheets,
rerolling scraps as needed.

Place cookies in oven and immediately turn down to 325 degrees F. Bake for
1520 minutes, or until firm. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, heat remaining
One fourth cup of honey, corn syrup and lemon juice until it reaches a boil, about
3 minutes. When cookies are ready, remove them from the oven and brush warm
cookies with the warm glaze. Transfer sheets of cookies to racks to cool.

Yield: about 3 dozen cookies.

Recipe by: TWO HOT TAMALES

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #1009 by Meg Antczak
meginny@frontiernet.net on Jan 14, 1998