Spice Cookies With Candied Ginger

Ingredients

5 gr all-purpo
5 gr baking soda
1 gr salt
8 gr sugar
16 gr crystallized
1 egg
14 gr dark corn syrup
3 gr cinnamon
2 gr ginger

Instructions

Sugar Powdered sugar Recipe by: blau@diphda.crd.ge.com (lauren h halverson) Position rack in center if oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Grease heavy large cookie sheets. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Beat butter, half cup plus 2 tablespoon. sugar and crystallized ginger in another bowl until fluffy. At low speed, beat in egg white, corn syrup, cinnamon, ground ginger, and cloves. Add dry ingredients and beat just until moist clumps form. Press mixture together to form smooth dough.Form level tablespoon. of dough into 3 cm balls. Roll in sugar and place on prepared cookie sheet, 5 cm apart. Dip bottom of glass into sugar. Press cookies to 6 cm rounds with glass, dipping glass into sugar before each pressing. Bake until cookies are light brown, about 13 minutes. Let cookies stand on baking sheet 5 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool completely. sift powdered sugar over half of each cookie. (Can be prepared ahead. Wrap airtight and let stand at room temp 1 week or freeze 1 month.) ----