{"id":4270,"date":"2012-03-13T18:17:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T23:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/?p=4270"},"modified":"2012-03-13T11:47:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T16:47:05","slug":"ginger-button-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/13\/ginger-button-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginger Button Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These cookies are super simple and super silly! The cookie itself is simple enough, a basic ginger cookie. It&#8217;s the little creative addition of button holes and then yarn, <i>yes yarn<\/i>, threaded through the button holes that make these little cuties so adorable. You&#8217;d think having the yarn in them would make eating them a little annoying and that you&#8217;d be less likely to stuff your face. Sorry people, no such luck.<\/p>\n<p>Wee One #2 insisted in doing the needlework herself! She has been fallen pretty hard for embroidery and wants to sew every chance she gets.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/domestic\/ginger-button-cookies\/ginger-button-cookies-title.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Button Cookies\" title=\"Ginger Button Cookies\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Ginger Button Cookies<\/b> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diamondsfordessert.com\/2009\/12\/ginger-buttons.html\" target=\"_blank\">Diamonds for Dessert<\/a><br \/>\n1 2\/3 cups flour<br \/>\n1 tablespoons ginger<br \/>\n1 teaspoons cinnamon<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoons cloves<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoons salt<br \/>\n4 tablespoons room temp butter<br \/>\n1\/2 cup sugar<br \/>\n1\/2 cup brown sugar<br \/>\n2 egg whites<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"5\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"border\" src=\"\/images\/v2\/domestic\/ginger-button-cookies\/ginger-button-cookies-01.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Button Cookies\" title=\"Ginger Button Cookies\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"border\" src=\"\/images\/v2\/domestic\/ginger-button-cookies\/ginger-button-cookies-02.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Button Cookies\" title=\"Ginger Button Cookies\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"content\">\n<div>So, as you&#8217;d expect, you cream the butter and the sugars together. Then add the egg whites one at a time. Mix the dry ingredients in a different bowl and then mix the dry into the wet and voila! Ginger cookie dough. I totally sped through the actual recipe because I trust that you can handle that part. Now roll the dough into a log and cut off slices!<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"border\" src=\"\/images\/v2\/domestic\/ginger-button-cookies\/ginger-button-cookies-03.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Button Cookies\" title=\"Ginger Button Cookies\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"border\" src=\"\/images\/v2\/domestic\/ginger-button-cookies\/ginger-button-cookies-04.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Button Cookies\" title=\"Ginger Button Cookies\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\">Shape your slices as well rounded (or not) as you&#8217;d like. I used a straw to poke out my button holes.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"border\" src=\"\/images\/v2\/domestic\/ginger-button-cookies\/ginger-button-cookies-05.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Button Cookies\" title=\"Ginger Button Cookies\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"content\">\n<div>You&#8217;ll have to scour your kitchen to find a small circle shape that you can use as the inner edge of your button. The original recipe used the lid of a water bottle. I happen to have a crazy narrow shot glass &#8211; class all the way.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"border\" src=\"\/images\/v2\/domestic\/ginger-button-cookies\/ginger-button-cookies-06.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Button Cookies\" title=\"Ginger Button Cookies\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"border\" src=\"\/images\/v2\/domestic\/ginger-button-cookies\/ginger-button-cookies-07.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Button Cookies\" title=\"Ginger Button Cookies\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"border\" src=\"\/images\/v2\/domestic\/ginger-button-cookies\/ginger-button-cookies-08.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Button Cookies\" title=\"Ginger Button Cookies\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"border\" src=\"\/images\/v2\/domestic\/ginger-button-cookies\/ginger-button-cookies-09.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Button Cookies\" title=\"Ginger Button Cookies\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"content\">\n<div>I baked them at 350F for about 15 minutes. Leave them in longer if you like a better crunch. The tops of the button holes didn&#8217;t shrink in baking, but the bottoms almost closed up. No biggie, we just used an actual needle and sock yarn!<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"border\" src=\"\/images\/v2\/domestic\/ginger-button-cookies\/ginger-button-cookies-10.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Button Cookies\" title=\"Ginger Button Cookies\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"border\" src=\"\/images\/v2\/domestic\/ginger-button-cookies\/ginger-button-cookies-11.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Button Cookies\" title=\"Ginger Button Cookies\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"content\">\n<div>I packaged some cookies in a mason jar for our next door neighbors. I can&#8217;t tell if they think I&#8217;m cute or totally crazy. Let&#8217;s just say it&#8217;s a fine line and I&#8217;m at least <i>endearing<\/i>. Right?! Ha!<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These cookies are super simple and super silly! The cookie itself is simple enough, a basic ginger cookie. It&#8217;s the little creative addition of button holes and then yarn, yes yarn, threaded through the button holes that make these little cuties so adorable. You&#8217;d think having the yarn in them would make eating them a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[167],"tags":[9,668,182,667],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4270"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4280,"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270\/revisions\/4280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}