The Best Ginger Cookie Recipe in the World

Welcome to the 12 Days of Blogmas - Day 7

Have I exaggerated the title? I don't think so. These Ginger Cookies have become what I'm known for in my family. I only make them around Christmas so they have become one of my holiday traditions. I have often given them as gifts and I've always gotten rave reviews so I thought it was about time I shared my recipe. These aren't health cookies as there's a lot of sugar involved, but boy are they yummy! I haven't converted the recipe so if you live in the UK or somewhere with a different measuring system you can try THIS website for the conversions.

What you'll need:

• 3/4 cup margarine                                                  
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• bowl of white granulated sugar

How to Make them:

Preheat the oven to 375°F. In a large bowl cream together the wet ingredients (the first four on the list). In a separate smaller bowl mix together the dry ingredients (remainder of the ingredients minus the white sugar) then stir them in with the creamed mixture. Once combined, roll the dough into little balls; roll the balls in a bowl of sugar. Then using a flat surface, I usually use the bottom of a cup, flatten the balls. I usually add a pinch of sugar to the top of the flattened cookie dough just to make them look nice. Bake for 10 minutes. Enjoy!

 In my totally biased opinion, these are the best cookies in the world! If you make them please let me know what you think! What are your favourite things to bake?

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Green Tea Latte Recipe

Welcome to the 12 Days of Blogmas - Day 2!

I start everyday with a Green Tea Latte and I can't imagine my morning without a nice cosy cup! I know I've written about my love for Green Tea Latte's on my blog before so I thought it was about time I shared my recipe. In my opinion this tastes just like the Green Tea Latte's you would get at Starbucks.

The first thing you need is Matcha Powder. You can usually find this at health food stores. Matcha powder uses the whole green tea leaf which means it has 10 to 15 times the nutrients of traditional tea and 100 times more antioxidants. It also gives you lots of energy so it's a good alternative to coffee.

To make this delicious drink, take 2 teaspoons of matcha powder and dissolve it in hot water. If you take sugar in your tea add it now. I usually stop the water just before it starts boiling. You don't need a lot of water for this, just enough to dissolve all of the powder.
Then fill the rest of your glass with milk. I usually use skim milk, but you can use whatever you have. You then need to heat the milk so put your drink in the microwave for about 2 minutes. You'll want to use a microwave safe glass or mug for this. If you have a milk frother and want to get fancy, that is also an alternative.
Congrats you now have a delicious Starbucks Quality Green Tea Latte!

If you try this recipe let me know how you like it! 

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