A Few (really) Good Men

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 tablespoons orange zest
• 2 tablespoons dark corn syrup (light works ok, too)
• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter and the sugar in a large bowl.
• 2 (i find it easier if i melt the butter a little bit before adding to the sugar).
• 3 add the egg and mix well.
• 4 mix in the orange peel (sometimes i also add a tsp or so of fresh juice from the orange for extra flavor) and corn syrup.
• 5 in separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt.
• 6 add flour mixture, a little at a time, to wet ingredients until well combined.
• 7 (i find it easier to work with when mixed by hand as opposed to using a mixer).
• 8 chill dough overnight or at least 3 hours.
• 9 preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c).
• 10 roll dough out 1/4" thick and cut to desired shapes.
• 11 place cookies 1" apart on prepared cookie sheets.
• 12 bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
• 13 (cookies spread out a little, so make sure you leave enough space around edges).