Gingersnaps
"A very tasty cookie, and a great dunker for tea and coffee - great with a tall cold glass of milk also!!"
- Ready In:
- 12mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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24-36 cookies
ingredients
- 1 cup molasses
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup shortening
- 1 tablespoon baking soda, dissolved in small amount water
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 3⁄4 cups flour (approx.)
directions
- Heat molasses to the boiling point, add sugar. Remove from the stove, add shortening and dissolve baking soda. Cool. Add egg. Sift dry ingredients and stir. Add more flour in necessary.
- Chill and roll out (1/8-inch). cut in desired shapes or roll as refrigerated cookies; allow to stand in refrigerator for 24 hours and slice. Bake at 375F until golden brown - 10-12 minutes.
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<br>I have a husband tha I adore, and 4 grandchildren that of course surpass all others - lol - I am disabled, and am an at home person, so I have a lot of time on my hands, to play with my recipes, and I am enjoying every bit of it -
<br>My husband will eat anything that I cook, so I have carte blanche as far as that goes, so I have a great time trying out new recipes.
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<br>Paula Deen has published some of my favorite cookbooks, her recipes are easy and quick to do. Her sweets are fantastics, especially her pound cakes, Yummm
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<br>I guess the dish that I am famous for is my Christmas ham - my family all comes home for Christmas, and if i don't have my ham they are dissapointed, and my grandson wants the pistachio squares!!! so I guess that is the dishes that I'm famous for.
