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Secret Ginger Cookies Recipe

White pepper and ground mustard are the secret ingredients in this recipe. My sons can't stop eating these slightly spicy chewy cookies.

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Secret Ginger Cookies Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 27 Servings

15 10 25

Ingredients

3/4 cup shortening
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon each ground white pepper, mustard and cardamom
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Additional sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in molasses and egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, mustard, cardamom, salt and cloves; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
Roll into 1-in. balls, then roll in sugar. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until surface cracks. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 130 calories, 6 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 122 mg sodium, 18 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Secret Ginger Cookies in Best of Country Cookies , p57

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Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2011 by jslvsclf

These are great. I have made them quite a few times. I make sure everything is room temp. before beginning. I also, each time, forget to buy cardamom, so I go heavy on the other spices(but not the salt).Again,thanks. These are very good.