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Crystallized ginger gives these spice cookies extra zip
Ingredients:
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1 egg white
2 tablespoons dark corn syrup
3 tablespoons chopped crystallized ginger
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/3 cup granulated sugar for decoration
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Grease 2 large cookie
sheets.
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add egg white, and corn
syrup; mix until fluffy. Stir in the crystallized ginger.
Sift together the flour,
baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger, and cloves; stir into the egg mixture.
When dough starts to come together, mix with your hands to form a smooth dough.
Form dough into 1 inch balls and roll in white sugar. Place balls on a cookie
sheet 2 inches apart, and press down with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar.
Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes, cookies should be golden brown.
Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before Moving to a
rack to cool completely.
Dip 1/2 of each cookie into confectioners' sugar for
decoration.
