Honey gingerbread cookies

Recipe from Philomena Corradeno/Hants Journal Dec 10/03

Holiday cookies made with hone

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Johnston Honey
3/4 cup butter
1 egg
5 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cloves

Instructions

Preheat over to 350 F

In large bowl cream honey and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and clovers: mix until combined. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. When chilled, divide dough in half; return one half to refrigerator. Dust work surface and dough with flour. Roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters; transfer to well greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 F for 10-12 minutes. Repeat with remaining half of dough.

Makes 3 doz cookies.

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