Honey Spice Cookies

This recipe was taken from The Amish Cook's Baking Book.  I was fortunate to be a test baker for this recipe before the book was published.  Any time I make these, I am always asked for the recipe.  Extremely delicious!

Ingredients: 

2 1 /4 cups flour

2 1 /4 teaspoon baking soda

1 /2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ginger

1 /2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 /4 teaspoon cloves

1 cup brown sugar

3 /4 cup unsalted butter (real butter is best)

1 large egg

1 /4 cup honey

Approx. 1/2 cup white sugar

Directions:

In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves.

In separate bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, egg and honey.  Add this mixture to dry ingredients, stirring by hand (dough will be stiff).  If time allows, refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.  It makes the dough easier to work with, but if you are in a hurry, you can use the room temperature dough.

Form dough into balls about 1-2” in size.  Roll balls in white sugar and place on ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until cracks appear on the top of the cookie.  Allow to sit 1-2 mins on baking sheet before removing to cooling rack.