DISH NAME : WHOLEWHEAT GINGER COOKIES(EGGLESS)

Preparation Time : 30 minutes

Chilling Time : 1 hour

Baking Time : 18 to 20 minutes

Description

These are ginger colored and ginger flavored.It has a crackly surface with sugar coating. Usually ginger cookies use dry ginger powder, but in this recipe ground fresh ginger is used.
Demerara or light brown sugar is partially refined, sugar produced from the first crystallization during processing cane juice into sugar crystals. Unlike dark brown sugar, which has added molasses, Demerara has a natural caramel-like flavor .

Note

1) If light brown sugar is not available, use ordinary white sugar.
2) These cookies do not use baking powder or baking soda.
3) I used 1 tbsp. of dough per cookie.
4) Since i have used 6tsp. of ground ginger it gives a nice gingery flavor. You can reduce this if you are not very keen on ginger taste.

Method

1) Whisk butter and sugar till and fluffy.
2) Mix in wheat flour and ginger and whisk lightly till combined. 3) Keep the dough in a container and chill in the freezer for 1 hour. 4) Pre-heat oven to 165 degree C.
5) Line a baking tray with butter paper. Apply butter on butter paper. 6) Take out the dough. Scoop out dough in a tbsp. Shape into balls and flatten lightly. Dredge in white sugar.
7) Bake for 18 to 20 minutes.
8) Remove and cool.