Ingredients
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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2 teaspoons ground ginger
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1 teaspoon ground cloves
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3/4 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
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1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
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1 1/2 cups sugar
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2 large eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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1 tablespoon water
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1 large egg white, mixed with
Instructions
- Combine flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, salt, nutmeg and cardamom in bowl.
- Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until creamy.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla until fluffy.
- Stir in flour mixture.
- Divide dough in half; flatten into disks.
- Wrap in plastic.
- Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Heat oven to 350°.
- Coat 3 ½ - 4 ½-inch cookie-cutter molds with nonstick cooking spray.
- On lightly floured surface with floured rolling pin, roll out half of dough ¼-inch thick.
- Press cutter molds gently into dough.
- Gently pull cookies out of molds.
- Place on ungreased baking sheets.
- Brush with egg white.
- Reroll scraps.
- Repeat with remaining dough.
- Bake in 350° oven 10-12 minutes, until golden.
- Remove to racks to cool.
- Store at room temperature or freeze.