Ginger cookies
Delicious spiced cookies, perfect for the festive season, or for any time with a cuppa!
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain wholewheat flour (atta)
- ¾ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- a pinch of salt
- 4 tbsp dark brown sugar
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- a little granulated sugar for rolling the balls of cookie dough
Instructions
- Whisk together the egg, oil, sugar, and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger.
- Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and tip in the egg mixture.
- Gently fold in, with a spatula until everything just comes together; do not over mix.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for an hour.
- Pre heat the oven at 180 deg C and line a baking tray.
- Place the granulated sugar for rolling, in a bowl.
- Roll each ball of cookie dough in the sugar and place them on the prepared baking tray, a little apart from each other.
- Gently flatten the balls and place the tray in the centre of the pre heated oven for 12-15 minutes or till the tops are firm and feel dry (there will be visible cracks on the top and this is normal).
- Cool in the tray for a few minutes and then transfer to a rack to cool completely before storing in air tight containers.