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Tea Travels!™... Chewy Ginger Cookies
by Ellen Easton© - All Rights Reserved

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Ginger cookies have been popular with children for generations. Add these chewy ginger cookies to your holiday cookie plate. Check out more of Ellen Easton's Tea Travels™ articles and recipes.

Learn about the History of English High Tea and more delicious Afternoon Tea and High Tea Recipes.

Chewy Ginger Cookies - How To Make Ginger Cookies

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 cup molasses
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Brown sugar or additional granulated sugar
Optional - for extra zing add very finely diced crystallized ginger bits to the batter!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves.

In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs, molasses, and vanilla extract; blend well.

Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and mix together well. NOTE: To avoid the batter from sticking to the paddles or your hands, dust with flour.

Using your hands, roll the batter into 1-inch balls. Roll each ball in the brown sugar or white granulated sugar. Place the cookie balls 2-inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until done. Remove from the oven and place on a wire cooling rack to cool.

Delicious when served warm.

Ellen used Peggy Weaver's famous Fondant Icing Recipe - Marshmallow Fondant (recipe and tutorial on making and using marshmallow fondant icing) to decorate these festive Christmas cookies.

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AFTERNOON TEA...TIPS,TERMS and TRADITIONS By Ellen Easton
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TEA TRAVELS™FOR THE HOLIDAYS By Ellen Easton
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