Spice Cookies with Crystallized Ginger

Name: Spice Cookies with Crystallized Ginger
Yield: 18
Ingredients: 0.5 cup white sugar; 0.75 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; 0.25 teaspoon salt; 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 0.33333298563957 cup granulated sugar for decoration; 0.33333298563957 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Recipe by J. Storm from allrecipes.com

Dessert

Ingredients

18 servings

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0.5 cup white sugar
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0.75 cup unsalted butter
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1 egg white
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2 tablespoons dark corn syrup
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3 tablespoons chopped crystallized ginger
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking soda

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0.25 teaspoon salt
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1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon ground ginger
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1 teaspoon ground cloves
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0.33333298563957 cup granulated sugar for decoration
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0.33333298563957 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Instructions

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.