This recipe comes from Ugiya, a family bakery in Yavne. Honey is worked directly into the dough for these cookies, and pistachios and almonds are folded into the mixture in generous pieces. Cinnamon and cardamom gently season the cookies, which provides a complementary depth to the flavor profile. After the dough is rolled thin, coarse sugar is scattered across the surface before baking, which results in a crisp cookie with a delicate texture.

Anat Shamir learned to bake from her mother. After she married, she continued baking at home for family and friends, preparing the cakes, cookies, and pastries she had grown up making. Tomer, her husband, encouraged her to share those recipes beyond their own kitchen, and together they founded Ugiya.

For Rosh Hashanah, Anat created these Honey & Pistachio Cookies using ingredients long associated with the holiday. Honey joins pistachios, almonds, butter, cinnamon, and cardamom in a recipe baked in Yavne and prepared especially for the season.

“Take some of the best products of the land in your vessels, and bring the man a gift: a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.”

Genesis 43:11

Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Butter, Demerara Sugar, Honey, Pistachios, Almonds, Egg Yolks, Cinnamon, Salt, Cardamom.

Contains: Wheat (Gluten), Milk, Egg, Almonds, Pistachios.

May contain: Pecans, Cashews, Walnuts, Hazelnuts, Coconut, Peanuts, Oats (Gluten), Soy, Sesame.

Warning: May contain pieces of nut shells.

Nutrition Facts

• Serving Size: 30 g (about 2 cookies)
• Servings Per Container: About 4
• Calories: 150
• Total Fat: 8 g
• Saturated Fat: 4 g
• Trans Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 30 mg
• Sodium: 30 mg
• Total Carbohydrates: 18 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Total Sugars: 8 g
• Includes Added Sugars: 8 g
• Protein: 2 g
• Vitamin D: 0 mcg
• Calcium: 10 mg
• Iron: 0.4 mg
• Potassium: 50 mg

Specifications

• Product: Honey & Pistachio Cookies
• Net Weight: 130 g (4.6 oz)
• Producer: Ugiya Home Baking Ltd.
• Origin: Yavne, Israel
• Kosher: Chalav Yisrael, under the supervision of the Yavne Chief Rabbinate
• No preservatives.
• No artificial coloring.