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Honey shortbread cookies are quick

and easy to make, and you probably

already have the ingredients in your

kitchen. Check out this super easy

cookie recipe.

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Honey Shortbread
Cookies
These simple, refined sugar free

delicious cookies are lightly honey

flavored, sweet and crumbly.

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Before we started on this crazy

Clean eating journey we’re on, the

one where I attempt to make the

things, within reason, that we all

used to like that were store bought,

we used to eat our way through

quite a lot of cookies. While we’re

not talking mountains of the things,

we ate way more than we should

have done.

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And yep, that’s my fault since I

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These days however we do still eat

cookies but now they’re homemade

and better than the shop bought

ones.

As you have to actually make them I

find we eat far less, a batch is more

often than not gone the same day

they’re made and then that’s it until

the next time someone wants to

bake some. Which one of my kids

who’ll remain nameless would

happily do every-single-day :)

Shortbread were one of the cookie

biscuits I used to buy a lot. I know

come people think they’re a bit

boring given the huge variety of

cookies lining the supermarket

shelves but we loved them. I loved

them, especially with an afternoon

cup of tea. Luckily for me, these are

as good if not better and so my

afternoon snack time remains in

place!

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If you need a ‘better’ homemade

version of simple, plain cookies to

feed your kiddos do give these a try.

I hope you’ll love them as much as

we do!

What Is Shortbread?
It’s thought shortbread got it’s name

from the dried out, left over bread

dough that was made in Medieval

times. It was dried out and left to

harden over a very low heat. It is

though, not a bread at all as we

know it today but like so many

things today, the names stuck from

a long time ago and I kinda like that!

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The shortbread we know and love

today is a very simple dough made

from butter flour and sugar. The

store bought shortbread is almost

always made with refined white

sugar. Mine is not. I sweeten these

cookies with honey, so while they’re

sweet they also have a honey taste.

You still get the crumbly, biscuity

taste, they’re still moorish like you

wouldn’t believe and the kids still go

crackers for them. So it’s all good,

with none of the nasties.

Ingredients
3 Ingredients. And you’ve most likely

got them in your pantry right now.

Butter
I use slated butter to make these as

the salt helps bring out the flavors.

You can add a pinch of salt to the

recipe if you only have unsalted

butter, it won’t make any difference

which way you add the salt, through

the butter or adding it in.

Flour
I used Buckwheat flour to make

these. You could also Einkorn flour

or white Spelt flour if you have them

at home. I tried to make these with

Wholewheat flour once. The flour

gives them an odd taste and they

weren’t great. I recommend you

stick to white healthier flours when

you make these.

Honey
I used the thicker, cloudier honey to

make these. It’s paler in color than

the runny honey you buy: What ever

honey you go for, make sure it’s got

nothing added to it and is just 100%

pure honey!

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Additions
We like our shortbread

plain.Shortbread to me is kinda

plain, that’s the beauty of it.

However, there are shortbreads with

all sorts of things added to them,

here’s some you could try out if you

wanted to make these a little fancier:

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Chocolate chips – Dark, milk,

white chocolate chips can all
be added to these biscuits. A
quarter of a cup combined into
the dough before you roll it out
will give you a little chocolate
hit!

Dried cranberries – Dried

cranberries (fresh cranberries
carry too much moisture) add
some fruity goodness
Dried cherries – As with
cranberries, but cherries!
Cinnamon – Add a tablespoon
of cinnamon to the flour before
you make the dough if you’re a
cinnamon lover
Vanilla – A tsp of vanilla bean
paste adds a subtle flavor and
sweetness to the honey
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Lemon zest – Adding the zest

of one lemon to the dough
before baking and making sure
it’s well rolled though the
dough makes these taste
zingy!
Nuts – Love nuts? Add a
quarter cup of mixed chopped
nuts to the dough before rolling
it out for extra crunch
Lavender – Lavender? Uh
huh! If you can find culinary
Lavender (I wouldn’t eat the
Lavender from the garden!) try
adding a tablespoon of it finely
chopped to the dough. It’s very
potent. Mu kids are not
huuuuge fans!

Cutting Your
Shortbread
We have cookie cutters in

abundance here. Seriously, there

must be over 50 of them. In every

shape, size and color. And yet I still

love the classics!