Granny's Spice Cookies

Name: Granny's Spice Cookies
Total time: P1H
Yield: 80
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: butter; sugar; eggs; corn syrup, light; orange zest; water; flour; baking soda; cinnamon; ginger; cloves; candies

Granny's Spice Cookies recipe

Yield

80 servings

Prep

20 min

Cook

10 min

Ready

1½ hrs

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features
1	cup	butter or margarine, softened
1 ½	cups	sugar
1	large	eggs lightly beaten
2	tablespoons	light corn syrup
2	tablespoons	orange zest grated
1	tablespoon	water cold
3 ¼	cups	all-purpose flour
2	teaspoons	baking soda
2	teaspoons	cinnamon ground
1	teaspoon	ginger ground
½	teaspoon	cloves ground
		candies for decoration	*

Directions

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg, corn syrup, orange peel and cold water.

Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and cloves; ad to creamed mixture and mix well. Chill for at least an hour.

On a lightly floured surface, roll dough, a portion at a time, to 1/8- inch thickness. Cu into desired shapes. Place on greased baking sheets. Decorate as desired. Bake at 375℉ (190℃) for 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned.

Shown with sprinkles lightly over, a red dot in center. A hole close to top with ribbon in hung on the tree, or laying on a plate. Cut with a scalloped biscuit cutter.