Brown Sugar And Spice Cookies

Total Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 4 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• granulated sugar, to sprinkle (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl; cream together butter and brown sugar.
• 2 add egg and mix well.
• 3 sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
• 4 combine flour and butter mixtures.
• 5 dough will be crumbly, not unlike pie dough.
• 6 refrigerate, at least 2 hours, for easier handling.
• 7 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 8 on lightly floured surface, roll out dough to about 1/4-inch thickness.
• 9 cut out with your favorite cookie cutter shapes.
• 10 place on cookie sheet, sprinkle with granulated sugar if desired.
• 11 bake for 10 minutes.
• 12 cool on rack.