Sunshine Cookies

When we go grocery shopping, Jason always tries to buy cookies. Usually, I tell him no and he puts them back. Of course, then I bake him cookies as it’s cheaper, they taste better, and they tend to have less sugar so I can enjoy them too.

In our Halloween card, my maternal grandma included $5, saying to use the money to buy Jason cookies. Apparently, she was very offended on Jason’s behalf that I didn’t indulge his cookie-buying whim.

Grandma, here are some cookies I made for Jason. He is not deprived of delicious cookies.

Sunshine Cookie

The original recipe is from Melissa.

Sunshine Cookies

Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

1 1/4 cups flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 tsp ground ginger
Pinch of salt
1 cup unsalted butter melted
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup of honey
1/4 cup of finely grated lemon zest
2 large egg yolks

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Whisk flour, cornmeal, salt and ginger together.

Whisk flour, cornmeal, salt and ginger together.

Whisk cooled melted butter, oil, sugar, honey, egg yolk, and zest.

Whisk cooled melted butter, oil, sugar, honey, egg yolk, and zest.

Stir in the flour mixture.

Stir in the flour mixture.

Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray or butter the cookie sheet. Place tablespoon-sized balls of the dough about an inch apart on the sheet. They should be about 1/4 of an inch thick. (In my picture, I flattened them a bit as the recipe called for it. However, I think the pan I didn’t flatten turned out better.)

Place tablespoon-sized balls of the dough about an inch apart on the sheet.

Bake for about 8 to 10 minutes. Until edges start to brown.

Bake for about 8 to 10 minutes. Until edges start to brown.

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