Instructions: Sift flour, baking powder and spices together. Heat honey and butter until butter melts. Cool to lukewarm and beat in eggs. Add flour mixture. Chill dough 1/2 hour. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 minutes. Cool Cookies on wire racks. Mix confectioners sugar, vanilla, and water to form a thin glaze. Dip cookies in glaze and place on wire rack to dry. Store cookies in airtight tins.

Sabine Says: Here are a recipe for German Christmas cookies, I found those on the internet, but it is pretty the same I use to make for Christmas, (as they are already in English I dont have to translate mine).

Yield: 4 dozen

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