Ginger and Poppy Seed Cookies

Chefella's Note:

Adapted from Taste of Home--wanted to see nutrition facts.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 40

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar , packed
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• ¼ cup poppy seed
• 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Add remaining ingredients and mix. Shape dough into a large roll, and wrap in plastic wrap or waxed paper.
2. Refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours, or up to overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 375 f. Unwrap dough and slice into 1/4 slices. Place on greased baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes or until golden. Let cool.

Reviews

[Podkayne]

Crispy and mild-tasting. The poppy seeds add interesting texture and flavor, and a surprising heartiness. A few of my cookies ended up with a small hole where the dough, melted and ran, and the cookie got overbrowned. Maybe I should have softened the butter, and I ended up with little butter-wads in the dough, or perhaps there were dark spots on the cookie sheet that overheated. C'est la vive... The cook gets to eat the ugly ones, right? ;)