St. Ambrose - The Honey-Tongued Doctor

Honey has long been associated with St. Ambrose. At his birth, honey-bees surrounded the cradle and not one stung him (so, legend says, his dad named him Ambrose, the Latin name for honey). He is the patron of bee-keepers and those who work with wax.

Today, we’ll make a bath of Old German Honey Cookies

• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups unbleached flour
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger

Preheat oven to 350
Melt sugar, butter and honey together over low heat. Let cool. Mix eggs, vanilla, baking soda and ginger and gradually add to the cooled honey mixture. Slowly add 2 cups flour to the mixutre, stirring until well-blended. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden.

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