Name: Brown Sugar Ginger Crisps
Cook time: 1 hr
Total time: 1 1/2 hr
Yield: Makes about 5 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 3/4 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup packed light brown sugar; 1 large egg yolk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1/2 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger (3 oz); 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

You might be tempted to bake 2 sheets of cookies at a time in the upper and lower thirds of the oven. Don't give in to this urge—the cookies must go in the middle of the oven to cook through and brown evenly.

Cooks' note:

· Cookies keep in an airtight container at room temperature 3 weeks.

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