TWD Dorie's Cookies: Bee's Sneeze Nuggets

       For February, the Dorie's Cookies group participants could chose from one of two recipes to post, one on the first Tuesday and the other being the post for the third Tuesday.  I chose to make the Sebastian's Remarkably Wonderful Brownies for the third Tuesday (posted yesterday) and I now post the other recipe today to complete February's choices, Bee's Sneeze Nuggets, found in Dorie's Cookies on pages 438-440 and also online here.
       Ingredient list:  flour, baking powder, black pepper, lemon juice, olive oil, gin (I used Limoncello), honey, lemon oil, sugar, salt, lemon zest, fresh ginger, and optional honey for dipping.   
       The recipe is found in the section "Cocktail Cookies" in the book, so it is not your standard sweet dessert cookie at all.  While it does have a little sugar and honey in the mix, the tartness of the lemon and the Limoncello override any thoughts you might have that this could be a little dessert cookie.  It's not.  It tastes lemony and savory, the ginger doesn't really stand out, nor does the black pepper, which surprised me.  I did taste the Limoncello and I like (okay, love) lemon always, so these were fun and would be nice to put on a nibble tray to circulate before dinner, just a little something unique. 
          The recipe is easy, quick, and fun...you don't even have to get out a mixer for it.  In my oven they took about 30 minutes to get the light tan coloring.  It was fun to make them and try something new, and I might make them again if the situation warranted just such participation by a savory lemony tidbit.  Check the link and tour around to see what the others thought...it's always good to have more than one take on a recipe.
       The Tuesdays with Dorie group is baking from Dorie Greenspan's book, Dorie's Cookies.  The posts are the first and third Tuesdays of the month and can be linked at the main Tuesdays with Dorie website here.  You can also find the information on joining in and/or see the posts from those in the group baking along at this location.