Pryaniki Russian Honey Spice Cookies

Step 1: In saucepan

Step 2: Dissolve the instant coffee in the warm water.

Step 3: Add the butter, sugar and honey to the dissolved coffee in the saucepan.

Step 4: Bring the mixture to a boil

Step 5: And cook, stirring, just until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves and the mixture is mixed.

Step 6: Take off the heat, pour it into a large bowl.

Step 7: And cool for about 15 minutes.

Step 8: Add the spices and extracts

Step 9: Whisk in the egg, the baking soda dissolved in vinegar and baking powder. You will notice that the mixture will fizz a little when it’s all mixed up.

Step 10: Add the flour and mix with a large wooden spoon until all the flour is mixed in.

Step 11: Cover the cookie dough with plastic wrap

Step 12: Set aside at room temperature overnight.

Step 13: Next day

Step 14: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit

Step 15: Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 16: Shape the cookie dough into approximately 1 Tablespoon sized balls

Step 17: Rolling in your hands and place them on the prepared baking sheet, leaving some room around each cookie, since they will expand while baking.

Step 18: Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.

Step 19: Do not over bake, or the cookies will be too hard.

Step 20: Meanwhile

Step 21: In a large bowl

Step 22: Whisk together the powdered sugar and the milk to make a glaze.

Step 23: Dip the cooled cookies into the glaze, letting the excess run off.

Step 24: Set the glazed cookies on a rack or parchment paper to dry.

Step 25: When the glaze is dry, you can flip the cookies over and glaze the other side as well.

Step 26: When glazing the cookies, work fast, since the glaze will be harder to work with when it starts to dry up.

Step 27: You can add a tiny splash more of milk to thin it out if it hardens.