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Spice Bee Cookies
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes about 8 dozen cookies
Ingredients
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2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup packed dark-brown sugar
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 large egg, lightly beaten
Sanding sugar, for sprinkling
Yellow Royal Icing
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Spice Bee Cookies
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes about 8 dozen cookies
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Spice Bee Cookies
Spice Bee Cookies
Spice Bee Cookies
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes about 8 dozen cookies
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes about 8 dozen cookies
Yield: Makes about 8 dozen cookies
Makes about 8 dozen cookies
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup packed dark-brown sugar
- 1/2 cup dark corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- Sanding sugar, for sprinkling
- Yellow Royal Icing
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk together flour, spices, baking soda, and salt.
With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and vanilla until smooth. Beat in egg. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture, and beat until just combined. Turn out dough, and shape into a disk. Wrap in plastic, and refrigerate until cold but not hard, about 30 minutes.
Divide dough in half. Roll out each half between 2 sheets of lightly floured parchment to 1/4 inch thick. Chill in freezer until firm, about 15 minutes. Using a 3-inch bee cutter, cut out shapes. Gather together scraps; reroll, and cut out. Space 1 inch apart on baking sheets lined with parchment.
Bake cookies until firm and pale golden brown, 16 to 18 minutes. Let cool.
Brush water on wings of bees, and immediately sprinkle with sanding sugar, shaking off excess. Decorate bodies with royal icing, and immediately sprinkle icing with sanding sugar, shaking off excess. Let cookies set, at least 2 hours. Cookies can be stored in airtight containers up to 1 week.
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14 Ratings
5 star values:
5
4 star values:
3
3 star values:
4
2 star values:
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14 Ratings
5 star values:
5
4 star values:
3
3 star values:
4
2 star values:
1
1 star values:
1
14 Ratings
5 star values:
5
4 star values:
3
3 star values:
4
2 star values:
1
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1
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Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 5 stars
10/05/2011
These cookies are delicious! I didn't have a bee cutter (who has one, anyway?) so I used the cutters I had on hand and they turned out just fine. Be sure to grease your baking sheets or line them with parchment because they stick even to nonstick sheets. I found these cookies best when rolled out thin and baked until they were light brown around the edges and crisp. I'm making another batch tonight!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/04/2011
Where can I get Bee cookie cutters?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/04/2011
Once again the early preheating of the oven even when
you will have at least 30 minutes of chill time in the
frig. I know I harp on this direction but I do not
preheat my oven whenever I enter my kitchen as the
MS staff must do. It will usually be on for at least
one hour before you put the first batch in to bake.
Not much energy saving there. Mykele
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
05/26/2010
Oops! I looked again at the original article as the photo is larger and my mistake! The top left cookie is darker because it is made with a darker dough, the Cocoa Bee Cookies recipe I mentioned below. Sorry about that!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
05/26/2010
The cookies are next to Honey-Lemon Panna Cottas.
The top left cookie looks darker due to the royal icing being colored black. The article also had a recipe for Cocoa Bee Cookies.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/21/2010
the bee cookie cutter is sold on amazon for $1.25!!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/17/2010
where do you get a bee cutter?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/13/2010
16 comments and not one person saying how the cookie tastes? Has anyone made them, would love to know how they taste before I try to make them! Thanks!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/09/2010
The yellow thing in the dishes look like a flan,which is like a custard
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/09/2010
The yellow thing in the dishes look like a flan
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/09/2010
LyndaBill: I always substitute Agave nectar for corn syrup. It doesn't change the taste like honey does, unless you want that flavor.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/08/2010
what is the yellow thing centered beside the cookies? is it pudding or what?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/07/2010
Who ever heard of 3 inch bees anyway. These look good, though
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/07/2010
How come the top left bee looks darker ??
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/07/2010
Could I get away with honey instead of corn syrup?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/07/2010
lady godiva, it looks like flan/custard in the center of each dish, the cookies are kind of a garnish.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/07/2010
What's in the center of these dishes?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/07/2010
yeah, with this size recipe, I don't think 8 doz and a 3" cutter will work out. But I think these would be much cuter with a smaller cutter anyway - like around 1". Those don't look like 3" cookies in the photo. I bet that 3" thing is a leftover from another cookie recipe.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/07/2010
Seriously? You can get 8 dozen cookies using a 3" cookie cutter?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/07/2010
You can find the bee cookie cutter on the Sur La Table website - www.surlatable.com for $1.00
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
05/13/2009
Ebay....you can get any kind of cookie cutter imaginable!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
02/08/2009
wonder where you can get a bee cookie cutter????
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 5 stars
10/05/2011
These cookies are delicious! I didn't have a bee cutter (who has one, anyway?) so I used the cutters I had on hand and they turned out just fine. Be sure to grease your baking sheets or line them with parchment because they stick even to nonstick sheets. I found these cookies best when rolled out thin and baked until they were light brown around the edges and crisp. I'm making another batch tonight!
Rating: 5 stars
Rating: Unrated
04/04/2011
Where can I get Bee cookie cutters?
Rating: Unrated
Once again the early preheating of the oven even when
you will have at least 30 minutes of chill time in the
frig. I know I harp on this direction but I do not
preheat my oven whenever I enter my kitchen as the
MS staff must do. It will usually be on for at least
one hour before you put the first batch in to bake.
Not much energy saving there. Mykele
Rating: Unrated
05/26/2010
Oops! I looked again at the original article as the photo is larger and my mistake! The top left cookie is darker because it is made with a darker dough, the Cocoa Bee Cookies recipe I mentioned below. Sorry about that!
The cookies are next to Honey-Lemon Panna Cottas.
The top left cookie looks darker due to the royal icing being colored black. The article also had a recipe for Cocoa Bee Cookies.
Rating: Unrated
04/21/2010
the bee cookie cutter is sold on amazon for $1.25!!
Rating: Unrated
04/17/2010
where do you get a bee cutter?
Rating: Unrated
04/13/2010
16 comments and not one person saying how the cookie tastes? Has anyone made them, would love to know how they taste before I try to make them! Thanks!
Rating: Unrated
04/09/2010
The yellow thing in the dishes look like a flan,which is like a custard
The yellow thing in the dishes look like a flan
LyndaBill: I always substitute Agave nectar for corn syrup. It doesn't change the taste like honey does, unless you want that flavor.
Rating: Unrated
04/08/2010
what is the yellow thing centered beside the cookies? is it pudding or what?
Rating: Unrated
04/07/2010
Who ever heard of 3 inch bees anyway. These look good, though
How come the top left bee looks darker ??
Could I get away with honey instead of corn syrup?
lady godiva, it looks like flan/custard in the center of each dish, the cookies are kind of a garnish.
What's in the center of these dishes?
yeah, with this size recipe, I don't think 8 doz and a 3" cutter will work out. But I think these would be much cuter with a smaller cutter anyway - like around 1". Those don't look like 3" cookies in the photo. I bet that 3" thing is a leftover from another cookie recipe.
Seriously? You can get 8 dozen cookies using a 3" cookie cutter?
You can find the bee cookie cutter on the Sur La Table website - www.surlatable.com for $1.00
Rating: Unrated
05/13/2009
Ebay....you can get any kind of cookie cutter imaginable!
Rating: Unrated
02/08/2009
wonder where you can get a bee cookie cutter????
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