Home sick with a sick child. This means: let’s bake. For once I wanted to do something that would actively engage my little one, a dough with which she could play as long as she wanted (which means: no sourdough). I also wanted to get her to use again the cute cutters I got last year, which she’s so fond of.
These biscuits are based on an Italian recipe and they are a good example of what Italian cooking is all about: making delicious and healthy food out of practically nothing. A few, good-quality and well-matched ingredients and here you have some seriously yummie tea-cookies.
You need: 170 gr (1 and 1/3 cups) all-purpose flour, 2 table-spoons honey, 2 table-spoons olive oil, 1 egg, 1 tea-spoon baking powder. Powdered sugar to garnish.
How to: mix all ingredients and make into a ball. Flatten as much as you can and shape as you want with the help of cutters or of a glass. Place on a baking tray covered with baking paper. Bake at 200 degrees (Celsius, 392 Fahrenheit) for 8-10 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if you like.
CONSIDERATIONS: We had a lot of fun making this cookies and really liked their light and slightly crunchy texture. The dough worked well with any type of cutter (it did not break even with the most complicated shapes). On the healthy side, it felt nice to be able to make something sweet without using butter or sugar, and the honey gave a special flavour. These were truly wonderful with a cup of hot tea.
Just lovely! I love simple recipes like this.
I really don’t care for fancy chocolate chips and all the fuss. Give me a pretty, very simple recipe like this!!!
Can it be!? Something soo pretty is this simple! Bookmarked this one, as it will be perfect for me and my kindergardner to do together…LOVE the honey as a sweetner (have some local farmed honey) not to mention, I am curious about using EVOO in baking..Will check in after we make these pretty treats!
Hope the little one is better (’tis the time of year unfortunately). I love this recipe…so simple yet so elegant, and good for you too! I wish everyone knew how great olive oil can be for baking. I am definitely bookmarking this one!
A sick child is never fun, but baking biscuits is a lovely antidote for feeling under the weather.
Your biscuits are a much tidier shape than when my boys bake
@Cityhippyfarmgirl: well, it’s true they look neat but she had a lot of help from a perfectionist mamma
I agree, and chocolate chips are too soft for me anyway. I like crunchiness in cookies… happy you liked this recipe.
@Luvnspoonfuls: hi ther. yes, she’s fine now, thanks. I really love simple especially when it comes to cookies. if you try this I am sure you’d love it.
@mealsbysheri: I was also curious about the outcome when I read the ingredients… and it was a nice surprise to see how pretty and tasty they came out. let me know if you try them.
@hi bella
@hi Veronica. these cookies are so simple that they could be ok in a low-calories diet, what you think?
I love these cookies, their shapes, their simplicity, their look, the olive oil they contain, everything. Also the fact that they are so perfect for a sick (or rainy) day at home with a little one. I wonder if they could be made with white whole wheat pastry flour. I’ll give them a try and let you know. Thank you, Barbara!
so nice to see you here again. thank you for your praise of my cookies… I wish I had some left
they went so quick! I was actually considering variations on the theme and whole wheat pastry flour sounds perfect to me.
Love your cute cookie cutters…very pretty and different.
I always like finding new recipes. Olive oil and honey will be new ingredients for making cookies. The cookies seem like a lovely way to make a child feel better. The cutters made adorable cookes.
@thnx Angie. I got them when my little one was little more than 1 year old, she loved to make shapes.
@Karen: so nice to meet you and great to discover your blog. honey seems to go very well with cookies and olive oil is great for baking in general.
Hi again Barbara, I made the cookies this weekend, using white whole wheat flour. They turned out perfect, easy to roll out and cut. Thanks for the recipe! (see my post: http://www.farine-mc.com/2011/11/whole-wheat-cookies-for-washington.html)
thanks to you for stopping by to tell me about this. It feels so nice to share recipes… so glad the addition of whole wheat worked fine, I will try it next time I make these cookies.