Spicy Texas Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• red cinnamon candies (hearts)

Recipe

• 1 add ginger, cinnamon, cloves and pepper to butter, cream well.
• 2 gradually blend in sugar. beat in egg.
• 3 sift flour with baking powder and stir into butter mixture, mix well.
• 4 refrigerate until stiff enough to handle (several hours or overnight).
• 5 roll out on floured board to 1/8" thickness. cut with texas-shape cookie cutter dipped in flour.
• 6 place on baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. cool.
• 7 frosting:
• 8 add 2 to 3 tablespoons water to 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar. mix until smooth and spredable. frost cookies. place red cinnamon heart where you live in texas.