Spiced Christmas Trees

Name: Spiced Christmas Trees
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 24 3-by-4-inch cookies
Cuisine: british
Ingredients: 1/2 pound unsalted butter; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 large egg; 1/2 cup honey; 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 3/4 teaspoon double-acting baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

By Moira Hodgson

Total Time: 20 minutes, plus 1 hour's refrigeration
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Ingredients

Yield:24 3-by-4-inch cookies

½pound unsalted butter
1cup granulated sugar
1large egg
½cup honey
4½cups all-purpose flour
¾teaspoon double-acting baking powder
½teaspoon salt
2teaspoons ground ginger
¼teaspoon ground cloves
1teaspoon ground cinnamon

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Preparation

Step 1
Cream the butter and sugar together until very light in color. Add the egg and honey and continue to beat the mixture until it is light and fluffy.
Step 2
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, ground ginger, ground cloves, and cinnamon together, and stir into the butter mixture.
Step 3
Wrap the cookie dough in wax paper and chill in the refrigerator for one hour.
Step 4
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Step 5
Roll the chilled dough until it is one-eighth-inch thick and cut it with a Christmas-tree-shaped cookie cutter. Place the cookies on a lightly greased baking sheet and, if you like, sprinkle them with multicolored sugar.
Step 6
Bake on a rack in the middle of the oven for about 12 minutes, or until the cookies are slightly firm.