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Soft Ginger Cookies – Christmas Special Recipes

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Ok Christmas is on its way and lets start doing some good stuffs..I was going through nigella christmas cookbook and found a awesome recipe for ginger bread. I wanted to bake that immediately because it is ridiculously addictive. I will soon bake it and give you the recipe ok guys.


This is a recipe for ginger cookies which I found when I was browsing through one of favorite blog. I baked it immediately and it cameout so good. The cookies turned out so soft and it just melted in my mouth. I took it to office and everyone loved the flavour of this awesome cookies. 
The original recipe had some ingrediants like molasses and so on..I couldn’t find those stuffs so I substituted it with honey. The texture of the cookies turned a bit different but the taste was superb.You can taste and smell the cinnamon and ginger which you put there and the smell makes you feel happy that Christmas is arrived.So here you go to the step by step recipe with pictures..

Recipe Source:Simply So Good
Ingrediants:
Butter- ¾ cup / 200 gms / 7 ounces
Sugar-1 cup / 200 gms
Egg – 1
Honey- ¼ cup / 60 ml
All Purpose Flour / Maida- 3 cups / 330 gms
Baking Soda-2 tsp
Salt – a pinch
Ground Ginger – 1 tsp
Cinnamon-1 tsp
Sugar – for rolling the cookies
Method:
Preheat the oven to 190° C / 375 °F. Line a tray with foil and brush slightly with butter and set this aside for a moment.
Mix flour, ginger, cinnamon, salt, baking soda in a bowl and set aside.
Take butter in a mixing bowl..Add sugar and beat till it is creamy. Now add in egg and beat well.
Add in honey and mix well. Now add in the mixed dry ingrediants and fold well.
Put this in the refrigerator for 30 mins or so. Take some sugar in a bowl for dipping the cookies.
Now take a icecream scoop and scoop the dough and drop it in the sugar bowl and coat the top side with sugar.
Remove this and arrange it in a tray. Bake it in the oven for 13-15 mins untill light golden.
Let the cookies cool completely before removing into a cooling rack.
Let this cool completely and store it in a air tight container.

Pictorial:
Take all your ingrediants
You will need some granulated sugar to roll your cookies
your spices
take flour
add spices in it
 and mix
set this aside
take butter in a bowl
add sugar
and start whipping
beat till it gets creamy
add in egg and mix well
and honey
and mix well
all mixed up
now add flour mixture in
and fold gently
untill combined
chill it
take a icecream scoop..I actually buttered it a little bit
take a spoonful
and roll it in sugar
arrange it in a tray
all done
baked to perfection
allow to cool down
this is a really soft cookies which is perfect
with a cup of milk
 

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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  2. Annesphamily

    I love ginger bread. But I need some lemon sauce with it! Any good recipes???? I love the holidays and I love when you post these yummy recipes. Enjoy the weekend. It is bitter cold here and lots of snow falling! Hugs Anne

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  22. Fahad Khan

    "You can taste and smell the cinnamon and ginger which you put there and the smell makes you feel happy that Christmas is arrived." My thoughts exactly!Ginger and cinnamon,both make one feel that the festive season,the season of joy has arrived.
    I am sure that you are having a good time with Nigella Christmas,I love Nigella's shows.She is the goddess herself!
    Wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas!:-)

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