Fall is upon us, and with it comes the delicious, warming scent of cinnamon!
Now is the time to cozy up with a mug of hot tea… and one or two of these crispy, crumbly cinnamon spiced cookies made with honey and olive oil!
These cookies are so delicious, incredibly easy to make, and are surprisingly full of health benefits. So, if you want to snack on something sweet without feeling too guilty, try this spiced honey and olive oil cookie recipe!
Easy Vegan Cookies
Are you looking for a vegan Christmas cookie or just a new vegan dessert recipe to try?
These are some of the easiest and most delicious vegan cookies. The only substitution is your favorite vegan honey.
Healthy Cookie Recipe…Tell Me More!
Besides the usual cookie recipe ingredients of flour, brown sugar and baking soda, these cookies include delicious:
- Honey
- Olive oil
- Ground cinnamon
- Ground ginger
All four of these ingredients are notorious for their health benefits. Honey and spice is commonly stirred into hot water to make a soothing tea for head colds or to aid digestion.
Take a Look at Some of Their Health Benefits:
Honey
Honey contains antioxidants which are extremely beneficial for lowering blood pressure, reducing heart disease, and manuka honey is a sedative for throat pain (although, beware – it comes with a hefty price tag!)
Olive Oil
The list of olive oil’s benefits is endless, and you should check out my blog post on The 21 Remarkable Benefits of Olive Oil if you haven’t already. It’s another antioxidant, as well as an anti-inflammatory, and full of healthy fat, making it an excellent healthy substitute for butter in baking.
Cinnamon
Cinnamon has often been used in Chinese medicine and is therefore a trusty spice to keep in your pantry. It reduces blood pressure and blood sugar, and eases digestion problems.
Ginger
Fresh ginger is famous for it’s healthy properties, and ground ginger is much the same, aiding nausea and is an immune-system booster, plus it has anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal benefits.
All of these medicinal ingredients are then mixed together and baked, and while they may not be 100% saintly – after all they are cookies – they are healthier and much tastier than cookies out of a box!
Honey and Spice Around the World
My cinnamon spiced cookies recipe made with ginger, honey and olive oil isn’t alone. This flavor combination has been a classic throughout the centuries and around the world. Here are some of the countless creations combining honey with cinnamon and/or ginger:
Ancient Roman Honey Cakes: Not quite the cakes we know and love today, in fact, they probably resembled more of a bread, but they were flavored with cinnamon and honey which was used as a sweetener long before sugar was traded.
German Christmas Cookies: Lebkuchen and other popular spiced Christmas cookies from Germany are a beloved baking tradition across the country. There are multiple varieties of spiced Christmas cookies, some of which resemble gingerbread, others which depict intricate designs.
Moroccan Tagine: The savory flavors of North African cuisine are full of fragrant cinnamon and ginger, which is complemented with sweet honey and dried fruits in their couscous and tagines.
Baklava: This phyllo pastry delicacy is consumed in multiple forms from Greece to Turkey to Israel and across the Middle East, but all include the sacred combination of honey and spice.
Enjoy a quick and easy sweet treat this fall with this delicious Cinnamon, Honey and Olive Oil Cookie Recipe!
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Cinnamon Spiced Cookies With Honey and Olive Oil
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup All Purpose Flour
- ½ cup Brown Sugar
- 1 ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Ground Ginger
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ⅓ cup Olive Oil
- ⅓ cup Honey
- 1 tsp Sugar for tops of cookies
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F (180C).
- Put all the dry ingredients in a bowl and stir.
- Add the olive oil and mix well.
- Add the honey and continue mixing.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and make small balls of dough..
- Press the balls down onto the tray with a fork to make a crosshatch pattern. This will look similar to a traditional peanut butter cookie.
- Sprinkle the tops of the cookies with sugar and bake for 10-12 minutes.
- You will want them to brown a little but not too much or they will be too crispy.
- Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack. They come out very soft but will cool as they harden.
- These are crisp cookies and will stay fresh in an airtight container.
Notes
- These cookies come out very soft but will cool as they harden.
- These are crisp cookies and will stay fresh in an airtight container.