Spice Cookies with Crystallized Ginger recipe

3 servings

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

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.