Selection Of Spiced Tea Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 large egg, at room temperature
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pinch salt
• cinnamon
• fresh ginger, grated
• nutmeg
• cardamom, ground

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric stand mixer.
• 2 in a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• 3 divide the dough into 4 equal portions.
• 4 add to each portion the desired quantity of spieces.
• 5 place one portion on a sheet of plastic wrap on a work surface.
• 6 using your hands and the plastic wrap, roll the dough into a log 1 inch in diameter, making sure that the plastic wrap covers the entire roll.
• 7 flatten the ends of the log by gently tapping them on the work surface, then fold the plastic wrap over the ends.
• 8 roll the log a few more times to make as smooth and even a cylinder as possible (for round cookies).
• 9 wrap the log in an additional sheet of plastic.
• 10 repeat with the remaining 3 dough portions.
• 11 lay the four logs in the refrigerator until they are firm, for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
• 12 to bake: position a rack in mid oven and pre-heat to 350 degrees f (180 degrees c) (heat and timing are basing it on convection oven).
• 13 have 2 ungreased baking sheets ready.
• 14 remove 2 logs from the fridge and unwrap them.
• 15 cut log into 1/4 inch thick slices.
• 16 place slices on baking sheet, spacing 1 inch apart; they spread as thy bake.
• 17 bake cookies about 10 minutes, until their edges are golden and tops are pale gold.
• 18 then transfer the cookies to wire rack(s).
• 19 cool completely.