This Christmas, we are asking for your support to help us keep families together in war-torn Ukraine, Romania and Moldova – through war, through winter and beyond.
As we think about the importance of family and hold Ukrainians in our thoughts, here is a festive Ukrainian biscuit recipe for you to enjoy making yourself or with younger members of your own family.
Recipe: Medivnychky – Ukrainian festive biscuits, or ‘Honey Cookies’
Traditionally enjoyed dipped into a glass of milk
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Ingredients
5 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp honey
30ml butter (melted)
1 egg
450g wholemeal flour (or plain flour)
Method
- Preheat oven to 120ºC
- Gently boil the sugar and honey together until combined and set aside
- Whisk the egg and butter together then add the honey and sugar
- Add the flour and mix well
- Roll out the dough thinly (approx. 0.5cm) and cut into 6cm circles (or preferred shape)
- These biscuits should be crunchy with a good snap, so don’t be afraid to make them thin!
- Bake for 20 minutes
- Cool on a wire rack and decorate
Share your creations with us
We hope you have fun with making these! And please do share your creations with us by tagging us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopeandhomesforchildren/
Give your biscuits as a gift
To introduce some of your friends and family to what we do, you could also share some of your biscuits as Christmas gifts. Simply place your biscuits in a gift box or bag, attach the gift tags and attach with some festive string! Download our gift tags here.
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