Honey Cookies

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup warm honey
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup blanched almonds or walnuts

1. In the large bowl of an electric mixer, using the paddle attachment, mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, ground cloves, ginger and salt.
2. Add 2 of the eggs and the honey, and mix until the dough comes together.
3. Wrap the dough in plastic, and refrigerate for two hours.
4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
5. On a pastry board sprinkled with flour, roll out the dough to the thickness of a pencil (about 1/4 inch), and cut with a cookie cutter into 1-inch rounds.
6. Place the dough on a greased baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between the rounds.
7. Beat the remaining egg, and using a brush, coat the cookies.
8. Top with half a blanched almond or walnut.
9. Bake on a rack in the middle of the oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

flour, sugar, baking soda, eggs, honey, cinnamon, ground cloves, ground ginger, salt, blanched almonds

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/10574 (may not work)