Warm cookies and wine? Yes, please! Savor the sweet spices of ginger, cinnamon and molasses with our Bonterra Merlot. Spoiler: we sort of planned it that way. Bake up these Ginger Fall Leaves Cookies (don’t forget to opt for organic ingredients), invite some friends over and share a bottle of Bonterra!

Ginger Fall Leaves Cookies

Ingredients

• Recipe
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 tsp. baking powder
• 3⁄4 tsp. baking soda
• 1⁄4 tsp. salt
• 1 tbsp. ground ginger
• 1 3⁄4 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4 tsp. ground cloves
• 6 tbsp. unsalted butter
• 3⁄4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1⁄2 cup molasses
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 tsp. finely grated lemon zest (optional)

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