Monday, August 23, 2010

Four Spices Delicious Cookies

If you are looking to prepare a new and tasty cookie recipe, then you will gonna love this. You will need:

  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup of brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/4 molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 2/3 cup of coarse granulated sugar

Instructions:

  1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, salt, cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon. Leave to stand. In a bowl, add the brown sugar, butter and shoretening. Then add in the molasses and egg. Then add in the earlier mixture.
  2. Cover and allow the dough to chill for around 1 1/2 hours.
  3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  4. Roll the dough into small balls. Then roll each ball in the coarse sugar.
  5. Grease the baking sheets lightly, and place the small rolled pieces 2 inches apart and then apply a bit of pressure to flatten them slightly.
  6. Allow the cookies to bake for 10 minutes, until the cookies are cracked. Remove them and serve!

You can keep these delicious cookies in an air tight container for up to 2 weeks. Have fun making them! Check out our other cool cookies recipes as well!

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