Medovníky: Slovak Spiced Honey Cookies
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup (125 g) butter
  • ½ cup + 1 Tbsp (180 g) honey
  • 1¾ cup (220 g) powdered sugar (I used powdered rapadura)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1½ tsp baking soda
  • 3 tsp medovniky spice mix
  • 5 cups (600 g) all purpose flour
  • 1 egg
Instructions
  1. Heat butter, honey, and sugar in a small pot until just melted, stirring constantly.
  2. While warm but not too hot (so you don't cook them) add the eggs and mix.
  3. In a bowl mix dry ingredients and pour in the warm mixture. Mix dough until incorporated. The dough will be somewhat sticky.
  4. Cover and cool in a cold place (the fridge) for a few hours or overnight.
  5. Roll out the dough about 4mm (1/64 inch) thick, using only enough flour to keep the dough from sticking. Cut out with desired cookie cutters. Transfer to a greased or lined cookie sheet.
  6. Beat an egg and brush the cookies with the egg with a pastry brush.
  7. Bake at 180C (355F) for about 10 min, or until golden.
  8. When cool, store in an airtight container for a few days up to practically forever.
  9. Leave plain or decorate with your favourite icing (I mixed egg whites with icing sugar). Classic medovníky are often decorated only in white, with lots of curls and dots.
Recipe by Almost Bananas at https://www.almostbananas.net/medovniky-slovak-spiced-honey-cookies/