Ginger Cookies is a traditional Liberian recipe for a fairly simple biscuit (cookie) that is strongly flavoured with freshly-grated ginger. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Liberian dish of: Ginger Cookies.
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This is a classic Liberian recipe for a very strongly flavoured ginger cookie that uses a lot of freshly-grated ginger.
Ingredients:
300g plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
100g freshly-grated ginger
150g caster sugar
1 egg
water to bind
granulated sugar, for dusting
Method:
Sift the flour and baking powder into a large mixing bowl. Add the sugar and grated ginger (along with any ginger liquid) and stir in.
Add the egg and stir-in then add just enough water to bring the mixture together as a stiff dough. Turn the dough onto a lightly-floured surface and roll out to about 5mm thick. Cut into rounds about 6cm in diameter with a pastry cutter or a knife. Place these rounds on a lightly-greased baking sheet. Dust each biscuit with a sprinkling of granulated sugar.
Place in an oven pre-heated to 180°C (350°F/Gas Mark 4), baking for about 15 minutes or until the biscuits are firm and only very slightly browned.
Remove from the oven and dust the top with coarse sugar then allow to cool on the baking trays for 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
