SPICE COOKIES WITH CRYSTALLIZED GINGER

Spice Cookies with Crystallized Ginger image

Crystallized ginger gives these spice cookies extra zip!

Provided by J. Storm

Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes

Yield 18

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

½ cup white sugar
¾ 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
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
⅓ cup granulated sugar for decoration
⅓ cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Steps:

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 174.5 calories, Carbohydrate 24.9 g, Cholesterol 20.3 mg, Fat 7.8 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 1.7 g, SaturatedFat 4.9 g, Sodium 111 mg, Sugar 12.4 g