Honey Ginger Cookies

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Honey Gingerbread Cookies

Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours (30 minutes active)

Makes about 30 cookies

1/2 cup sugar

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons ground ginger

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 cup butter or margarine, cut into dots and brought to room temperature

1/2 cup honey

Upute

Into a large bowl, sift together the sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.

Use your fingertips to work the butter into the dry ingredients. When thoroughly worked in, add the honey and stir until blended.

Cover the bowl and refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

When the dough is chilled, heat the oven to 350 F.

On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out about 1/8-inch thick. The dough also can be placed between sheets of parchment or waxed paper, then rolled out.

Use 3-inch cookie cutters to cut cookies from the dough, rerolling the scraps once. Transfer the cookies to the prepared baking sheet, in batches if necessary. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until just golden at the edges.

Let the cookies cool for 1 minute on the pan, then use a spatula to transfer them to a rack to cool.