Beehive Cookies

Source: GRITs Guide to Backyard Bees and Honey 2011

These delicious Beehive Cookies call for no oil, sugar, butter or white flour – cookie-recipe staples – so the baked cookie has a unique texture. However, they’re delicious and a very respectable “healthy” sweet treat.  

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup sour cream

• 1⁄2 cup honey

• 2 eggs

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• 1 1⁄2 cups whole-wheat flour

• 1 cup finely chopped toasted pecans

• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt 

Directions

• Heat oven to 350°F.

• In large bowl, combine sour cream, honey, eggs and vanilla. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.

• Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool on wire racks. Yields 3 dozen cookies.