Butter spice cookies
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Serves: About 48 cookies
 
Thin, crispy buttery cookies with warm Christmas spices.
Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature
  • ¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon orange zest
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt in a medium bowl.
  3. Using a stand mixer with the flat paddle attachment, beat together the butter, brown sugar and orange zest until light and fluffy. Turn the mixer to low, add the flour mixture and continue to combine until blended well.
  4. Form the dough into 4-5 logs on waxed paper. Roll uniformly and refrigerate for one hour.
  5. Cut the logs into discs about ¼ inch thick and place on an ungreased or Silpat-lined cookie sheet two inches apart.
  6. Bake for about 15 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown with the edges of each cookie slightly browner.
  7. Cool on a wire rack.
Notes
You can also use a cookie press with these cookies if you want to openly weep when they flatten out.
Recipe by the south in my mouth at http://www.thesouthinmymouth.com/2014/12/16/butter-spice-cookies-and-the-english-tea/