Chemo Cookies: YumYum-snaps (Good with LOTS of Flavour)

YumYum-snaps (Good with LOTS of Flavor)

These cookies are for those times when food has lost all its flavor. We all know that chemo can deaden taste. Sometimes kids don't eat because nothing has flavor. When that happens in our house I make a batch of these cookies.
 
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In your mixer's bowl mix the following with a paddle:

• 1 cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 1¼ cups chopped ginger (6 ounces)

Optional: 1 teaspoon of Texas Pete or other hot sauce (I do this on the really bad weeks) 
In a bowl separate bowl (not your mixer's bowl) combine the following and fork together:

• 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp. wheat germ
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. turmeric
• 1½ tsp. ground cloves
• ½ tsp. ground nutmeg
• ½ tsp. ground ginger
• ¼ tsp. salt

Slowly mix in the dry ingredients and beat for an additional minute. Scoop dough and roll with hands into 1 1/2 inch balls, roll in granulated sugar, then flatten. Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake until chestnut brown and tops are cracked about 12-15 min. Cool for a couple minutes before transferring to wire racks to finish cooling. Make it a holiday cookie with a dusting of  powered sugar.