Easy and Fun Baking - Ginger Cookies

Winter continues to play hide and seek. Yesterday’s bright and sunny day has given way to gray clouds again. The cold wind has again forced me take out my pullover this morning. These very rare days of slight cold make me nostalgic about winters of back home.

Having a cup of tea with freshly baked ginger cookies make a winter evening more enjoyable. You must be wondering, why every time I just think of having tea. LOL!! I love tea and everything which makes a cup of tea special. My love for tea has fetched me the title of “Miss Tea Pot”.  

Baking cookies sounds like a very tough job. Take my words, it’s not as difficult as it might seems.  I am sharing one of very simple recipe of make amazing cookies.

1 ¾  Cup Plain Flour

1 tps Baking Powder

2 tps Ground Cinnamon

1 ½ tps Ground Cloves

 ½ tps Ground nutmeg

 ½ tps Ground Ginger

¼ tps Salt

1 ½ Cup Brown Sugar

1 Cup Chopped Candied Ginger

1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil

3 eggs (Can use 1 cup of melted butter if you don’t want to use egg. )

Line a baking dish with butter/ baking paper and sprinkle very small amount of flour evenly

Pre-heat the oven at 180 ºC

Mix all the dry ingredients in one large bowl

Mix all the wet ingredients in another bowl

Mix both by adding small amount of wet mixture at a time in dry mixture.

(If using butter beat butter and sugar together lightly and then add all the dry ingredients. Mix well till the dough come together)

Prepare soft dough.

Roll out small size boll of dough and flatten to make coin medium size discs.

Bake for 20 minute at 220 ºC till golden brown . Cool on wire rack.

And that’s it!!!  You are done.

 Your Ginger Cookies are ready to enjoy. This recipe is so easy, try making these with your kids, it will be so much fun.

Ginger and spices together infuse such warm sensation on the plate that anyone can’t stop going for one bit after another. So make sure you make plenty.