Ginger Cookies

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

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup soft brown sugar
• 1/2 cup soft margarine
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 drops vanilla essence (or a few drops)
• 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour (for aussies wholemeal plain flour)
• 1 tablespoon cocoa, sifted
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon milk, a small splash (optional)
• glace icing
• glace cherries

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 190oc or 375of gas 5. grease a baking sheet.
• 2 cream together the sugar, margarine, salt and vanilla essence until very soft and light.
• 3 work in the flour, cocoa and ginger, adding a little milk, if necessary, to bind the mixture. knead lightly on a floured surface until smooth.
• 4 roll out the dough to about 5 mm or 1/4 inch thick. stamp out shapes using floured biscuit cutters and place on the prepared baking sheet.
• 5 bake the cookies for 10 - 15 minutes. leave to cool on the baking sheets until firm, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 6 decorate with glace icing and pieces of glace cherries.