Honey Bee Cookies

From the Alpha-Bakery childrens cookbook put out by Gold Medal Flour when I was a kid. I used to love cooking up all these recipes with my mom!

• Ready In: 24 mins
• Serves: 36

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup margarine or 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄2 cup honey
• 1  egg
• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. Beat margarine, brown sugar, honey, and egg in a medium bowl on medium speed, scraping bowl constantly, until smooth. Stir in remaining ingredients.
3. Drop dough by teaspoonsful onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake until set and light brown around edges (surface of cookies will appear shiny), 7-9 minutes.
5. Let stand 3-5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.
6. Variations:.
7. Honey-Bran Cookies: Stir 1 cup of shredded bran cereal into batter.
8. Honey-Cinnamon Cookies: Mix 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; sprinkle on cookies immediately after removing from oven.
9. Honey-Coconut Cookies: Stir 1 cup of shredded coconut into batter.