Medium Dinner

Ancient Honey Cakes (Rice Flour Cookies with Nuts or Poppy Seeds)

Name: Ancient Honey Cakes (Rice Flour Cookies with Nuts or Poppy Seeds)
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 24 min
Total time: 36 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Unknown
Ingredients: 0.5 cups butter , softened; 0.5 cups honey; 2 large eggs , slightly beaten; 2 cups rice flour; 0.25 teaspoons baking powder; 0.25 teaspoons ground cardamom; 2 teaspoons hemp seeds

Total Time

36 min

12m prep · 24m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Medium

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In ancient temples, they offered honey cakes to the goddess. I imagine that they were something like this. I adapted the rice flour for modern tastes, although you can try barley flour if desired. These cakes are gluten and sugar free.

Ingredients

0.5 cups butter , softened
0.5 cups honey
2 large eggs , slightly beaten
2 cups rice flour
0.25 teaspoons baking powder
0.25 teaspoons ground cardamom
2 teaspoons hemp seeds

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
2

Beat butter and honey in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; add eggs a little at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add rice flour, baking powder, and cardamom to butter mixture; mix until just combined. Roll dough into small balls, about 1 heaping teaspoon each.
3

Pour hemp seeds into a small bowl. Press the top half of each dough ball into seeds. Transfer dough balls, seed-side up, to the baking sheet and gently press to 1/4-inch thickness.
4

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 20 minutes.