Believe it or not, I got this idea after watching "Fantastic Mr. Fox". These cookies are beautiful and taste delicious. They smell wonderful as they bake and go great with coffee or tea or even under a scoop of French vanilla ice cream.
What you'll need:
1 cup of butter, softened
1 ½ cup white sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons molasses (I like the robust kind)
2 ½ cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoon ground ginger
3 baking apples (I like Cortlands or Braeburns)
Turbinado (or raw) sugar for sprinkling
· Preheat the oven to 350.
· Cream the butter and sugar until well blended.
· Add the egg and molasses. Beat on high until lighter in color and fluffy.
· Add the salt, spices, and baking powder. Mix until just blended.
· Add the flour, ½ cup at a time until well blended. Do not over-mix or your poor little cookies will be stiff.
· Portion out 1 tablespoon worth of dough onto an ungreased baking sheet leaving plenty of space between each cookie. Do not be over generous with your portions because these babies like to spread.
· With damp hands, roll each cookie into a ball and gently flatten onto cookie sheet until it is about 2" in diameter and set tray aside.
· Wash and peel your apples. Cut the apples in half perpendicular to the core. Slice your apples into circles. Be sure to remove any seeds from your slices.
· Place one slice of apple onto each cookie. Don't worry if the slice is bigger then the cookie itself. As the cookie spreads, it will fill out the apple slice.
· Sprinkle a pinch of turbinado sugar on each cookie.
· Bake for 15 to 18 minutes until the edges are golden brown.
Yield: About 3 dozen
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