I REALLY like the ginger taste (from cookies remembered from when we lived on Cape Cod) and have been trying to replicate them ever since (they were bakery-bought). Does anyone use grated ginger in addition to the ground spice? I also add the crystallized ginger bits. I also going to try out the black pepper as an ingredient -- I am the type to go to the ends of the earth to "recover' the cookie taste I remember from the Cape! Where on the Cape, Nancy? Maybe we can track down a specific recipe... I'm sure the fresh ginger would add zing, but I doubt that's what they were using at the bakery. Might just be the pepper, as that's an old New England addition... PJH

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