Soft Ginger Cookies
Soft and sugary ginger cookies full of molasses, spices and brown sugar, these are sure to become a family favorite! Perfect for dunking!
I've been eating these ginger cookies for as long as I can remember! My mom
always called them gingersnaps, but they are not traditional gingersnaps.
There's no snap when you take a bit. These cookies are puffy, soft cookies,
rolled in sugar and baked until they're amazing. They're not spicy. They're
just right...And everyone loves them.
I love the flavor, they're similar to gingerbread because they do contain some
of the same spices, including molasses, but I think they're sweeter.
Keep
reading for packaging tips if you want to give these cookies as gifts for the
holidays.
Soft Ginger Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ginger*
- 1 tsp cinnamon*
-
1/2 tsp cloves*
Directions
- Cream together first four ingredients until fluffy. Sift together dry ingredients and stir into molasses mixture until well blended.
- Form in small balls. Roll in white sugar and place 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet (I always use my Silpat mats). Press very lightly with a glass to flatten a little. My mom always got 5 dozen cookies, that tells you how small they were! I get almost 3 dozen ginger cookies from this recipe.
- Bake at 375 for about 10 minutes.
HOW TO PACKAGE COOKIES FOR GIFTING
- stack cookies and tie with bakers twine
- add cookie stack to clear cellophane bag, tie with a pretty ribbon and a printed gift tag
- recycle chip tube containers, cover with gift wrap and fill with cookies (be sure to clean food containers first!)
- add cookies to a Christmas or holiday tin
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Thanks, Cindy. It's been one of those days for me today. Baking cookies tonight might be just the thing...
ReplyDeleteHope you try these, they're yummy.... And are guaranteed to make you feel better, lol.
DeleteOh yum! These look so soft and delicious! Thanks for linking up to Show Me Saturday.
ReplyDeleteThey are wonderful! Merry Christmas to you,
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