Ingredients

• 0.5 cups white sugar
• 0.75 cups unsalted butter
• 1 egg white
• 2 tablespoons dark corn syrup
• 3 tablespoons chopped crystallized ginger
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.25 teaspoons salt
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 0.33 cups granulated sugar for decoration
• 0.33 cups confectioners' sugar for decoration

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 large cookie sheets.
2. 2 In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add egg white, and corn syrup; mix until fluffy. Stir in the crystallized ginger. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger, and cloves; stir into the egg mixture. When dough starts to come together, mix with your hands to form a smooth dough.
3. 3 Form dough into 1 inch balls and roll in white sugar. Place balls on a cookie sheet 2 inches apart, and press down with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes, cookies should be golden brown. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before Moving to a rack to cool completely. Dip 1/2 of each cookie into confectioners' sugar for decoration.

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