Great Grandmas Honey Drop Cookies Recipes

GREAT GRANDMA'S HONEY DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs.
• Add honey and extract, mix well.
• Add baking soda and one third of the flour.
• Mix well then add another third of flour and mix well.
• Add last third of flour and mix well.
• Add the nuts and mix.
• Grease cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.
• Cool slightly before removing cookies from cookie sheet. ENJOY!

ICEBOX HONEY COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in honey and extract. Combine remaining ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Shape into two 12-in. rolls; wrap each in plastic. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm., Preheat oven to 325°. Unwrap and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until golden brown, 12-14 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

GRANDMA STAFFORD'S NUTMEG COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a baking sheet and set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together sugar and shortening until well combined. Add eggs, mixing until incorporated.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt. With the mixer running, add flour, alternating with buttermilk and beginning and ending with flour; mix until well combined.
• Using a tablespoon, drop dough onto prepared baking sheet and transfer to oven. Bake until edges are slightly brown, about 15 minutes.

GRANDMA'S HONEY COOKIES

Steps:

• In your large mixer bowl ,combine butter,honey and vanilla and beat until well blended.
• Turn mixer to low and gradually add the flour and salt; mix in the nuts and mix until dough forms. Remove bowl with dough and cover with plastic wrap; chill in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
• Heat oven to 325^. With a cookie scoop or lightly floured hands, shape dough into small balls. Place them on an ungreased cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Press the balls down gently with the tines of a fork(like for peanut butter cookies).;hold side of ball while doing this.
• Bake for 18 ,until golden. Remove to wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining dough. When cool dust with powdered sugar or frosting drizzle ,if desired.

GRANDMA'S CHRISTMAS ICEBOX COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat brown sugar, butter, and white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat the first egg into the butter until completely blended, then beat in the vanilla extract with the last egg.
• Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture until dough is just mixed. Fold pecans and candied cherries into dough. Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch rolls on a piece of waxed paper. Seal waxed paper on the ends with tape; refrigerate until chilled and firm, at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Slice cookies to about 1/4-inch thickness and arrange on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, about 10 minutes.

GREAT GRANDMA'S SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cream sugar, shortening, and butter together in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
• Mix in sour cream and lemon zest on low speed until no streaks of sour cream remain. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on medium-low just until there are no streaks of yolk, and scraping down the sides of the bowl between additions. Add flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder all at once and mix just to combine.
• Drop by heaping tablespoons on the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are puffy and spring back when lightly touched with a finger, about 10 minutes. They should be light golden, with occasional spots of pale golden brown.