Brown Sugar 'n Nice Cookies

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup margarine or 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl beat margarine (or butter) with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
• 3 add the 1/3 cup granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. beat until combined. beat in egg and vanilla.
• 4 beat in as much of the all purpose flour and whole wheat flour as you can. using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour.
• 5 in a small bowl, combine the 1 tablespoon granulated sugar and the 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon. shape dough into 1 inch balls. place balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. flatten each ball with the tines of a fork in a crisscross pattern. sprinkle cookies with the sugar cinnamon mixture. bake for 7-9 minutes or until cookies are firm.
• 6 cool on a wire rack.