Candied Ginger Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped candied ginger (i will use more next time!)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 cream butter and sugar. add egg and mix well. combine flour, soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt, mixing to combine. add to creamed ingredients and mix well. chill.
• 3 roll into balls smaller than golf balls and flatten with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. these spread a little so don't crowd.
• 4 bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
• 5 note: these are very plain looking cookies. you may want to melt chocolate chips and drizzle over the cookies to "fancy them up" a bit.