Honey Cake Balls - Last-Minute Christmas Cookies

Step-by-step method

At a glance

You're making delightful honey cake balls by baking some simple flat cakes, turning them into crumbs, and mixing them with a caramel-butter filling. The trickiest part? You'll need to chill the mixture for two hours before shaping to make rolling the balls easier, so plan ahead if you're making these as last-minute Christmas cookies.

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Making the flat cakes

Mix the flour with the baking soda. Add the remaining dough ingredients. Work into a firm, non-sticky dough. Shape it into flat cakes - they don't need to look pretty at all.

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500 gram
All-purpose wheat flour

2 piece
Chicken Eggs

60 gram
Vegetable Fat, Butter Flavor

40 gram
Honey

200 gram
Powdered Sugar

10 gram
Baking soda
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Baking

Bake in an oven preheated to 180°C for about 15 minutes. Let cool completely.
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Making the filling

Let the butter soften, then mix it with the caramelised condensed milk.

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250 gram
Unsalted Butter

1 piece
Condensed Milk

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Blitzing into crumbs

Break up the cooled flat cakes and blitz them finely in a food processor. Set some crumbs aside for coating the balls.
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Making the mixture

Mix the filling with the crumbs and work into a mixture for shaping into balls. Chill it in the fridge for two hours - this will make the balls much easier to shape.
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Shaping

Shape the mixture into balls and roll them in the reserved crumbs to coat.

Honey Cake Balls - Last-Minute Christmas Cookies

Name: Festive Honey Cake Balls
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 245 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Czech
Ingredients: 2 piece Chicken Eggs; 60 gram Vegetable Fat, Butter Flavor; 500 gram All-purpose wheat flour; 10 gram Baking soda; 250 gram Unsalted Butter; 200 gram Powdered Sugar; 40 gram Honey; 1 piece Condensed Milk

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Prep 1 h Cook 45 min

Plus 2 h of resting (not counted in active time)

8 Ingredients

6 Steps

Medium Difficulty

Ingredients — what you'll need

You only need 8 ingredients

Adjust servings

2 piece
Chicken Eggs
60 gram
Vegetable Fat, Butter Flavor
500 gram
All-purpose wheat flour
10 gram
Baking soda
250 gram
Unsalted Butter
200 gram
Powdered Sugar
40 gram
Honey
1 piece
Condensed Milk

What's in it?

575 kcal

Calories

103 g

Carbohydrates

46 g

Fats

12 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

I tried these cookies at a friend's place last year and absolutely loved them. All you need to do is bake a few not-so-pretty flat cakes, blitz them into crumbs, mix with caramel condensed milk and roll into balls. Easy, right? And they taste amazing!

Vegetarian Desserts Christmas baking & cookies For a sweet tooth

Step-by-step method

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Making the flat cakes

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Baking

Making the filling

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Honey Cake Balls - Last-Minute Christmas Cookies

Ingredients — what you'll need

What's in it?

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