Giant Spice Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Mix honey, sugar and water in a medium-size saucepan.
• Add butter and bring to a boil, stirring once or twice.
• Let cool.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Grease large cookie sheet(s).
• Mix flour, spices, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
• Stir in nuts, cherries, then honey mixture (dough will be sticky and stiff).
• Divide in 4 pieces.
• With floured hands, pat 2 pieces in 6-inch rounds on each prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake 1 sheet at a time 13 to 15 minutes until cookies are golden brown around edges but still soft to touch.
• Loosen with spatula. Slide onto wire rack to cool.
• Stir Glaze ingredients until smooth. Brush on cookies.
• Let set, about 1 1/2 hours. Wrap individually.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses. Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut sized balls, and roll them in the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and flatten slightly.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.