| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 30 min |
| Prep: | 30 min |
| Inactive: | 40 min |
| Cook: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 2 to 3 dozen cookies |
Ingredients
- 2 bottles (12 ounces each) Belgian style white beer (recommended: Hoegaarden)
- 5 tablespoons honey
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 medium orange, zested
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 1 tablespoon whole milk
- 1 orange zested using a bar grater, optional
Instructions
- Put the beer and honey to a medium saucepan and reduce over medium heat until you have about 1/3 cup of liquid. You will occasionally have to skim the foam off the top of the beer. You will know you have hit 1/3 of a cup of liquid as the liquid will suddenly begin to aggressively foam due to the high concentration of sugar (This looks different from foaming due to carbon dioxide, the bubbles are much larger with the sugar foaming). Let this reduction cool to room temperature.
- Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the egg and blend thoroughly. Then add the vanilla, orange zest, coriander, and beer reduction and blend again. Mix the flour and baking soda together then slowly add to the batter.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Using a uniform scoop (I use a 1-ounce disher) scoop mounds of cookies onto an aluminum cookie sheet lined with parchment. Make sure you do not overcrowd the cookies; you should be able to fit about 12 cookies on a half sheet pan. Bake for 20 minutes (depending on your oven it may take more or less time, for some ovens it could take 15 minutes for others it could take 25; 20 minutes is an average time).
- Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet until they are cool enough (about 10 minutes) to transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
- Optional Icing: Using the icing ingredients whisk the vanilla into the sugar. Mix the orange juice and milk together. Add milk and orange juice mixture until you reach the consistency of a thick paste; you should only need to add 1 tablespoon of the mixture (half of what you made). Using a butter knife put a dollop of icing on each cool cookie and spread it over the top. Put a small piece of orange zest from the bar grater as garnish, if desired. Let the icing harden to desired hardness and consume or store.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 30 servings |
| Calories | 134 |
| Total Fat | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 20 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 13 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 18 mg |
| Sodium | 26 mg |
Reviews
I used Blue Moon since it’s a domestic Belgium white beer. My cookies were a little flat due to the altitude but the next time I’ll just add a little more flour and beer reduction. I loved that it wasn’t too sweet.
After I saw this recipe on here I HAD to make it for a friends birthday! There are a few bars in Philadelphia that we frequent (Belgian taverns such as Eulogy) that make a drink called a Dirty Hoe. It is simply Hoegarden with a splash of raspberry Framboise, but it is fantastic! For the frosting I substituted Framboise for the milk, and it turned out like more of a glaze. I do agree that the beer reduction takes a while, but it is worth the wait! These cookies are a big hit! I WILL be making these again and again!!
Well I got impatient with the beer reduction so I just decided to take it off the heat a little early…so I ended up with a very liquidy batter and decided to put it in a loaf pan. I baked it for about 15 minutes or so at 350˚ , with the rack in the middle of the oven. Then I turned the oven up to 375˚ for another 10 minutes? I just kind of watched it and pulled it out once it was firm and the toothpick came out clean. It’s actually really tasty, and you can really taste the beer!
I like the taste of these cookies – citrusy with a hint of spice. They don’t get a full five stars because they were a little fiddly, and they definitely weren’t as good without the frosting. It took the beer a looong time to reduce, and zesting the whole orange also took a while. Also, I had to reduce the cooking time.
Great taste. Easy to make. Can not believe this did no win!!!!
I made these cookies after seeing them on TV. They tasted great, although there isn’t a strong beer flavor. I did find that I needed to adjest the recipe a bit. First, when I boild down the beer, I ended up with about a 3/4 cup and used a little less then that. I also found the 20 min. to be way to long. I ended only cooking my cookies 11 min and they came out perfect. These are a great, sweet and spicy cookie and a few go a long way. I will make these again and again! Perfect for the holidays.