Fairy Gingerbread Cookies

Name: Fairy Gingerbread Cookies
Yield: Makes 5 dozen cookies
Cuisine: New England
Ingredients: 1 1/2 teaspoons, ground ginger; 3/4 cup (3¾ ounces/106 grams) plus 2 tablespoons, all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1/2 cup packed (3½ ounces/99 grams) plus 1 tablespoon packed, light brown sugar; 4 teaspoons, grated fresh ginger; 3/4 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/4 cup, whole milk, room temperature

Desserts or Baked Goods
New England
Cookies
Holiday

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2011, Cook's Country TV

We brush off (and polish) a 118-year-old recipe for delicate, gingery wafers. They'll steal your heart.

SERVES Makes 5 dozen cookies

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 20 minutes cooling

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