afoona
Yemenite Ginger Cookies
Desserts

Yemenite Ginger Cookies

Fragrant Yemenite ginger cookies with ginger, cinnamon and cardamom — crisp and perfect with coffee

⏱ 59 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 170°C (340°F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon and cardamom.
  3. 3
    Add the egg, honey, oil and water and mix into a soft dough.
  4. 4
    Chill the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes.
    Refrigerator
  5. 5
    Roll tablespoons of dough into balls the size of walnut and roll each ball in granulated sugar and place on the baking sheet, spaced apart.
    Baking pan
    💡Roll with damp hands: the soft dough won't stick, and the balls come out smooth.
  6. 6
    Flatten the balls lightly with your finger on the baking sheet.
  7. 7
    Bake 12–14 minutes, until the cookies are golden.
    ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
    💡Cookies that look too soft coming out of the oven firm up as they cool. Take them out when just the edges are golden.
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
  8. 8
    Let cool completely before serving.
251calories
4 gprotein
45 gcarbs
6 gfat
● protein 6%● carbs 71%● fat 22%

Per serving (68 g), of 8 servings

A button hides that part of the recipe, in print too. Another click brings it back. The choice is kept for this recipe.

⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

🛒 Shopping list