Reviewed: Mar. 7, 2012

This is a great recipe. To get the cookies to look more like the picture you may need more flour, and also let the dough cool for a while. This will make it thicken up. I have a convection oven, so these baked in 9 minutes to perfection for me. Thanks for the wonderful German cookie recipe!

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Kat

Reviewed: Mar. 6, 2012

These turned out like hard balls more than soft cookies. I didn't have enough honey and ended up with about 3/4 cup, so that was probably my problem. Other than that, they were okay. Next time i will not use ginger, maybe cinnamon instead, as the flavor was more powerful than I would have liked. Regardless, others liked them, just not so much me.

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bizylizy

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Rochester, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2012

Hi googled search honey cookies and found this one. I have made these cookies so many times since then, that I decided to join allrecipes.com to leave a review! These are by far the best cookies I have ever made. I found once I put the batter in the fridge after making it, it becomes a bit easier to handle and the size is perfect. Also I add almond extract in addition to the vanilla and add cinnamon, nutmeg and ground cloves to the egg mixture. Everyone loves these...adults and children alike. Thank you for posting and thank you to your Gran for sharing this recipe :)

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suzie10

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2011

I just made these for the first time last night, took them to work and everyone enjoyed them. My boss actually said he would have a second one...and he never has seconds! I did what others said and used 1 1/4 cup honey with a 1/2 cup of sugar...added a small dash of cinnamon and nutmeg as well. By the second batch i learned that they did better in my oven when pressed down a bit. They are great and something i will make again for sure! Thanks!

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Coleen

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2011

My son made these for German Club and they were okay - very heavy on the honey taste - don't worry about the ginger - can hardly taste it - he followed the directions exactly and they turned out very flat -should have added more flour but was worried they would be hard. Probably won't make them again.

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susan2007

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Sidney, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2011

Great simple cookie. We used butter flavored shortening, and substituted half of the vanilla with almond extract.

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javaman

Reviewed: Oct. 21, 2011

These cookies were pretty good. I love the chewy texture, but I subsituted the ginger for 1 tsp of cinnamon.

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iknomkcuf

Cooking Level: Beginning

Reviewed: Sep. 18, 2011

Came out fine. Just seemed to be missing something. Plain old cake type cookie. I won't make them again. Honey Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookeies are much better.

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Mark_Westhoff

Reviewed: Aug. 7, 2011

Really good! Made this like a regular cookie...didn't bother heating anything, just mixed 'wet' and 'dry' ingredients as usual. I did only use 1/2 the ginger (personal preference) - still quite yummy & picky son loved them!

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AFWife88

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Spokane, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 13, 2011

Yummy cookie! I omitted the ginger due to personal preference. Used all the white sugar, 3/4 cup honey because that is all I had and subbed remainder with 1/2 cup brown sugar. I did not melt the ingredients together due to a hunch that they didn't need it. I beat them like normal cookies and used a cookie scoop. I think this helped them not to spread or overbake. I dipped these in cinnamon sugar hot out of the oven. Perfect touch. Nice delicate and balanced flavor.

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