Great Recipe, These taste like Ostreichers Honey Cookies

Ruchi ↓

Sat, Sep 01 2018, 11:21 pm

The most delicious honey Cookies ever!!!
Tastes like the Ostreicher’s- this recipes is pretty simple.
Be careful with not to OVER-BAKE the cookies.
The cookie recipe is BIG but Feel free to halve it.
recipe from: @raizyscookin

SOFT HONEY COOKIES
Ingredients:
2 lb. Honey
2 1/2 cups sugar
10 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 sticks margarine
1 3/4 cups oil
2 tablespoons baking soda
5 lb. flour

Directions:
In a mixer combine the Honey, sugar, eggs and cinnamon till a smooth consistency. Add in the rst of the ingredients and mix well.
Refrigerate dough for an hour up-to overnight.
Preheat oven to 350.
Form balls with dough and placed ion a lined cookie sheet. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes (depending on oven). Make sure not to over-bake, you want them soft.

↑ Ruchi ↓

Wed, Sep 12 2018, 4:41 pm

Ruchi wrote:

Let me tell you this:
I have never received so many compliments as I have for these Honey Cookies. It went like hotcakes! Everyone loved them to the last crumbs.
They are simple to make! Go ahead and make 'em. You will not regret it!

PinkFridge ↓

Tue, Sep 24 2019, 7:42 pm

Cool. If I didn't have dozens of Miriam Pascal's chocolate chip cookies minus the cc from her first cookbook in my freezer, I'd try them. (Tips: make them small, at 370, and check at 8 minutes.) They also seem like the commercial ones - and I do mean it as a compliment in this case.

mom24.7

Sun, Aug 30 2020, 8:33 am

Ruchi wrote:

Can anyone halve or quarter this recipe for me

↑ PinkFridge ↓

Sun, Aug 30 2020, 9:15 am

mom24.7 wrote:

Can anyone halve or quarter this recipe for me

Yes! I actually tried to make a fifth of the recipe and I got a few dozen in 2 batches. (large cookie sheet). The first batch was raw in the middle, with the second I raised the temp a little. They were great. But I wouldn't try this again. The conventional wisdom is that 1 lb of flour = 3.5 cups but bags settle. (I used about 3 1/4 cups.) I'd really want to measure the whole bag and do a fifth of that, which is really tedious. If anyone has a tried and true reduced version, I.e. you actually not just did the math but made them, I'd also appreciate it.

iyar

Sun, Aug 30 2020, 10:04 am

PinkFridge wrote:

If you want to measure flour accurately a food scale is a better choice than a measuring cup. When you weigh it on a scale 1 lb of flour = a lb of flour!

↑ PinkFridge ↓

Sun, Aug 30 2020, 9:06 pm

iyar wrote:

If you want to measure flour accurately a food scale is a better choice than a measuring cup. When you weigh it on a scale 1 lb of flour = a lb of flour!

Right. So not having a scale, I'm wondering if anyone's tried and tweaked and can share.
(As an aside, many poskim say that because of how whole wheat flour is made, 5 lbs. isn't 5 actual pounds and a problem re making a bracha. So it's best to use more, IIRC 1/4 of a 5 lb. bag. To be on the safe side, I make 1 1/3 times my 5 lb. recipe and I measure exactly how many cups are in the second bag and take 1/3 because I know it can settle.)

↑ Mevater ↓

Mon, Aug 31 2020, 8:22 am

PinkFridge wrote:

I never in my life heard about 5 pounds of whole wheat flour not being considered a true 5 pounds. Scales dont lie. Even if grains shift, or whatever, 5 pounds is 5 pounds.

↑ PinkFridge ↓

Mon, Aug 31 2020, 9:41 am

Mevater wrote:

I never in my life heard about 5 pounds of whole wheat flour not being considered a true 5 pounds. Scales dont lie. Even if grains shift, or whatever, 5 pounds is 5 pounds.

It has to do with the processing. It's not 5 lbs. of pure flour but has something mixed in that doesn't count to the cheshbon.

↑ Mevater

Tue, Sep 01 2020, 12:26 am

PinkFridge wrote:

It has to do with the processing. It's not 5 lbs. of pure flour but has something mixed in that doesn't count to the cheshbon.

So why has it never been mentioned (that Im aware of) in any cookbooks with whole wheat Challah recipes, that to take Challah, Halachically, you need more than a 5 pound bag of flour (with whole wheat flour)?

WitchKitty

Tue, Sep 01 2020, 1:20 am

PinkFridge wrote:

It has to do with the processing. It's not 5 lbs. of pure flour but has something mixed in that doesn't count to the cheshbon.

This is interesting. Can you explain?
In the times of the gemara most people used whole wheat. So I'm guessing that taking challa was calculated according to that.
But maybe the way we calculate it today takes into account that it's white flour?
Or do they make whole wheat these days the same way brown sugar is made- make white sugar and add the molasses back? That might make it an added part.

↑ Ruchi ↓

Tue, Sep 01 2020, 6:16 am

hodeez wrote:

Anyone successfully halved this recipe?

Yes! I halve the recipe and it comes out perfect.
I recommend to leave the dough overnight in the fridge (covered) and it is then a breeze to work with.

↑ Ruchi ↓

Tue, Sep 01 2020, 6:22 am

mom24.7 wrote:

Can anyone halve or quarter this recipe for me

Half the recipe:

1 lb honey (21.4 Tablespoons - 10.7 fl oz)
1 1/4 cups sugar
5 eggs
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 stick margarine
3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon Baking Soda
2 1/2 lb flour (10 cups)

B’ Hatzlacha!

top mom

Tue, Sep 01 2020, 11:35 am

I made half the recipe now, I actually used oat flour, due to allergies.
They are absolutely delicious 😋😋😋😋
Very chewy and fluffy!
Thanks Ruchy!

↑ Ruchi ↓

Tue, Sep 01 2020, 2:03 pm

top mom wrote:

I made half the recipe now, I actually used oat flour, due to allergies.
They are absolutely delicious 😋😋😋😋
Very chewy and fluffy!
Thanks Ruchy!

You are very welcome!