Giant Spice Cookies Recipe

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Giant Spice Cookies
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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
1266
Calories
Total time
50
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2/3 cup honey
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 2 tbsp butter or 2 tbsp margarine
  • 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 tsp ground ginger
  • 3/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup pitted chopped dried cherries or 1/2 cup dried cranberries or 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tbsp milk

Directions:

  1. Mix honey, sugar and water in a medium-size saucepan.
  2. Add butter and bring to a boil, stirring once or twice.
  3. Let cool.
  4. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
  5. Grease large cookie sheet(s).
  6. Mix flour, spices, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
  7. Stir in nuts, cherries, then honey mixture (dough will be sticky and stiff).
  8. Divide in 4 pieces.
  9. With floured hands, pat 2 pieces in 6-inch rounds on each prepared cookie sheet.
  10. Bake 1 sheet at a time 13 to 15 minutes until cookies are golden brown around edges but still soft to touch.
  11. Loosen with spatula. Slide onto wire rack to cool.
  12. Stir Glaze ingredients until smooth. Brush on cookies.
  13. Let set, about 1 1/2 hours. Wrap individually.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1265.92 Kcal (5300 kJ)
Calories from fat 220.88 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 24.54g 38%
Cholesterol 15.34mg 5%
Sodium 471.87mg 20%
Potassium 465.06mg 10%
Total Carbs 253.53g 85%
Sugars 162.98g 652%
Dietary Fiber 7.13g 29%
Protein 15.72g 31%
Vitamin C 3.7mg 6%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 3.2mg 18%
Calcium 116.8mg 12%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 357.65 Kcal (1497 kJ)
Calories from fat 62.4 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.93g 38%
Cholesterol 4.33mg 5%
Sodium 133.31mg 20%
Potassium 131.39mg 10%
Total Carbs 71.63g 85%
Sugars 46.04g 652%
Dietary Fiber 2.01g 29%
Protein 4.44g 31%
Vitamin C 1.1mg 6%
Iron 0.9mg 18%
Calcium 33mg 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 26.6
    Points
  • 35
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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