Happy Groundhog's Day!

Because I woke up so early this morning, I decided to make cookies for our 7 year old foster son to take to school. He's been so excited about Groundhog's Day, talking about it all week in fact, so I dug through my cookie cutters and found my GROUNDHOG one!

Here's the recipe I used:

SPICY GROUNDHOG COOKIES

Sift together in a bowl:

1 1/2 cups unbleached flour

1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

In a separate bowl, cream together until fluffy:

1/2 cup butter, softened (I use Earth Balance)

1 cup unbleached cane sugar

Blend in:

1/2 cup molasses (dark)

1 egg yolk (I used Ener-G egg replacer)

Slowly stir flour mixture into the buter/sugar mixture and mix well. Roll dough into a ball, wrap well and chill overnight.

Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare two baking sheets by lining them with parchment paper or spraying them with non-stick spray. Roll out a small amount of dough at a time and cut out (preferably with a groundhog shaped cutter!). Place on baking sheets and decorate with currents for eyes. Bake 10-12 minutes, let sit on baking sheet for another 5 after removal from oven.

YUM!