February and March can be somewhat depressing around here. As most parts of the world are starting to exhibit little signs of spring, we here in the Canadian prairies are typically enveloped by snow, cold, and.... flu season. I am a firm believer in the powers of knitting and cookies to stave of lingering winter blues.Ginger has many wonderful medicinal properties - apparently it is a potent fighter against the common cold, sinus problems and flu symptoms.... all the more reason to indulge oneself with these amazing ginger cookies. The recipe can be found here. I do have to warn you that on the website these cookies look nice and round - mine really spread out so when it says in the instructions to place them a few inches apart on the pan, I suggest very strongly you do so. I used spelt flour in my recipe. This is not a cookie for the weak of palate - these cookies have a very assertive hit of ginger. I am quite certain after eating these babies, no flu or cold bug will want to be near you.
Have a great weekend
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I read about the medicinal properties of ginger root, but what I like most about it is that despite its ugly dry appearance, it has a very lively flavour, which always surprises me! Hope your cookies keep the flu away from you.
Thanks for the link...these look yummy and your photos beautiful....
I drink a pot of ginger tea every day - just chop fresh ginger and steep in boiling water. Add honey for sweetness if you like. I love the taste of ginger and those cookies look fabulous. x
Those look incredible! I love ginger cookies and will give this recipe a try. I've never made anything with that type of flour - I'm interested how it will taste.
Hope you don't get the flu or anything. It's almost Spring. Hang on.
Gorgeous photo's and the cookies don't look too bad either! Ginger ale was really helpful with my morning sickness but I also tried a ginger and honey tea and it was so strong that it almost took my head off! I think fresh ginger in hot water would have been better.
those look wonderful. winter is the season for indoor activities, that's for sure. baking fills the house with happy smells and keeps the place toasty, too :)
Ginger happens to be one of my favourite condiment in cooking or in tea. Ginger cookies are also dearly loved. Thanks for your link and the beautiful photos.
Enjoy!
I love the photos, and the cookies look sooo good!
Your cookies look delciious! Love the heady aroma of ginger. Thanks for the recipe link!
Yum! These look delicious. :)
you are so right about ginger...and I do love ginger cookies...I should bake more...or better yet,you could send me some :)
lovely pictures Raina.
i feel like i could reach out and grab one...might help me survive the canadian winter i share with you!
Oh Raina -- as always, your photos are awesome. Thanks for recipe link!
oh yum!
i just got over a flu and everyone told me to have ginger~ wish i had seen this as perhaps it is the tastiest idea for a cure:)
x ashley
p.s. and strangely my word verification is 'ingeste'!
Mmmm!!! The more ginger, the better!!
I definitely think cookies stave off the "bahs."
I LOVE ginger...give it to me any way! These are my kind of cookies--a big kick of ginger...yes!...mmm...Ginger tea is a favorite too. Just enjoy the huge versatility of ginger. Thanks for sharing the great recipe find! :o) As you saw at my place...we're hip-deep in winter and snow. These cookies might ease my winter blues...even if only temporarily ;o) Happy weekend, my friend ((HUGS))
Yum - both to ginger and to your gorgeous photos - what a pretty post
Gorgeous photos! I hope you're staying healthy. Knitting is a great detractor!
those cookie stars!! they're beautiful!!
i use ginger a lot :)
thanks, a beautiful and useful post!
Beautiful pictures and lovely cookies....almost too pretty to eat.
Lingering winter blues? You must be talking about Czech Republic. It is actually like that almost all the time here. Especially I feel like that after I have spent half a year in Italy some seven years ago, when I came back I realized how bluish and greenish atmosphere I live in. That it is cold here most of the year. And this has been on my mind since then (among other objections against quality of life here).
These look yummy! i love love love ginger...:o)
at least you have ginger cookies....
I want to eat them, right now! :-)
you know, i just can't eat ginger! something must be wrong with me, because the taste makes me gag :-/ i wish it didn't though, because it sounds like it's so good for you!
Now, i'm not much of a knitter but the power of cookies i can testify to!!!
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I hope you stay flu-free! These cookies look divine!
Mmmm, ginger. Thank you so much for the link and personally? I find your cookies much prettier and way more enticing. :^)
Daughter Havala loves ginger but can't eat it, breaks her heart too but she'll pass on the hives.
I use spelt flour always. (also the brown rice flour)
Oh your cookies look delicious, I must try making a batch. Beautiful photos too. Jane x
Oh, thank you for the link!!
I love ginger and ginger cookies. :)
what beautiful pictures, Raina!
Certainly worked to brighten up my dull day :)
ginger is medicine! and those cookies look like soul medicine!
"assertive hint of ginger"- hehe, assertive hint, that made me snicker. I love ginger, I'll have to try those cookies!
Sounds yummy (and I'm a big fan of ginger). Lovely photo collage in this post!
I think we could do with a permanent supply of those biscuits around here from around September to March to ward off the constant coughs and colds my two children seem to get! It's got to the point where people stop me in the street to offer advice. A lady in the co-op suggested Indian tea, which involves boiling up the ginger. I have to say though that I think my children would be far more likely to go for the ginger in biscuit form. I'll definitely give them a try.
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