Simple Honey Cut-Out Cookies with Taylor Pass Manuka Honey UMF 5+

Ingredients

For the cookies

• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup honey – try Mamami Shoppe x Taylor Pass Manuka Honey 
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup unsalted butter (keep in the room temperature)

Steps

1. Beat butter and honey until thoroughly combined in a bowl.
2. Mix in egg and vanilla extract.
3. Mix in flour and salt, beat again until just combined.
4. Divide dough into two parts. Wrap each in a plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
5. Preheat oven to 325 F.
6. Take a dough, roll out on a floured surface to just over ¼’ thick and cut dough into shapes with cookie cutters.
7. Arrange cut out cookies on a cookie sheet. Do not place them too close with each other.
8. Bake for 13 minutes or until the edges of the cookies begin to brown. Optionally, you can sparkle with some icing sugar or deep into baking chocolate.