I changed my mother’s well-known chocolate chip cookie recipe to incorporate two of my favorite tastes, pistachio and coconut. Since then, they have become a tremendous hit and one of my favorite recipes. These cookies are crunchy on the exterior and chewy on the inside. Enjoy, I hope!
| Servings: | 30 |
| Yield: | 5 dozen |
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon ground mace
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg white
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
- In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually blend in the egg yolk, orange zest, and honey. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and mace; stir into the creamed mixture.
- Drop cookie dough by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheet. Flatten cookies with a fork dipped in flour. Brush lightly with egg white. Bake for 10 to 14 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on wire racks after removing from oven.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 112 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 16 g |
| Cholesterol | 19 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 106 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
texture improves over time, crisp. I want to try altering recipe to keep texture and make chocolate ( not with chips) for my husband.
Had a ton of honey from a great year and came across this recipe. It needs something, but not sure of what. Maybe rolled in something before baking? If you need a simple, bland cookie that won’t overtake a coffee or tea, not bad. Might try again.
So, I made these with almond flour instead of regular to make them more low-carb. They spread out more than they probably should have, but the taste! so good! The orange/honey/mace combo is something really special and different. I think these are a great Christmas cookie, with clementines in season and all.
LOVE this recipe! I made them for Rosh Hashanah this year and they were such a big hit that I am making them again for holiday cookie exchanges. I am going to use cookie cutters this time to give them a fun holiday feel!
FYI The following is from The Cook’s Thesaurus: mace Notes: This is the lacy wrapping that covers nutmeg when it’s plucked from the tree. Its flavor is similar to nutmeg, but slightly more bitter. It’s usually sold already ground, but you can sometimes find blades of mace that you can grind yourself. Substitutes: nutmeg (sweeter and milder than mace) OR allspice OR pumpkin pie spice OR cinnamon OR ginger.
Very good! I didn’t have orange zest or mace, so I left the orange out and used Old Bay instead. We liked these a lot! Thanks!