from: Holiday Cookies
Ingredients
2.5 C flour
2 t. ground ginger
1 t. round cinnamon
1/2 t ground cloves
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t table salt
1/4 t ground white pepper
1 1/2 sticks butter
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C brown sugar
1 eggC molasses
1/4 C candided ginger, misnced
1 T fresh ginger, minced
2 C powdered sugar
sugar in the raw
2 T powdered egg whites or meringue powder
1 T milk
minced zest of 1 lemon
juice of 1/2 a lemon
Directions
Whisk together the flour through the ground white pepper. Cream the butter thru the fresh ginger and then add the whisked dry ingredients. Combine until dough forms. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until slightly firm (1 hour or so).
Heat oven to 350. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Scoop dough into 2.5″ balls, coat in the raw sugar and place on a baking sheet about 3″ apart. Flatten balls with the bottom of a measuring cup and bake 15-18 minutes or until set.
While cookies are baking, whisk together the powdered sugar, meringue powder, lemon zest, lemon juice and milk. Spread icing on cookies when dry and allow to set before storing.