Cookies on the Plaza

Janet C. Davis – Danville Utilities

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar

1 large egg

1/4 cup molasses

2 tsp vanilla extract

3 cups white chocolate chips

3 tbsp shortening

Red and Green tinted royal icing or white chocolate chips melted and tinted

Instructions:

In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Set aside.

In another bowl, cream together butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until well blended.

Mix in egg, then blend in molasses and vanilla. Slowly add in dry ingredients and mix until combined. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill at least 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees during last 10 minutes of chilling.

Roll out dough onto floured surface and cut cookies into desired shapes with cookie cutters.

Transfer to parchment paper lined baking sheets, spacing cookies at least 1” apart. Bake in preheated oven 8 – 10 minutes.

Cool on baking sheet several minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Melt shortening and white chocolate chips in microwave until melted. Dip each cookie desired amount into mixture and cool. Decorate using red and green royal icing, or tint more of the melted white chocolate chips/shortening mixture to decorate.