Monday, November 15, 2010

Ginger Cookies


Ingredients :
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup vegetable shortening
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • sugar for rolling

Preparation : Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare the baking sheets by covering them with parchment paper. Now cream the shortening and sugar until mixed well either by hand or by using the electric mixer on a low speed. Add the egg and molasses and beat till completely incorporated. Sift together flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon , salt , cloves and add to the mixture. Mix well and it forms a dough. Now roll the dough into balls of about 1" in diameter. Roll the balls into sugar and place on the prepared cookie sheet atleast 1/2" apart. Flatten the balls slightly with your fingertips and bake for 12 minutes. This recipe makes about 2 dozen cookies.

Recipe Source : Paula Deen

7 comments:

  1. Looks really perfect and yummy :)

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  2. They look yummy & tempting.... I would surely go for them all..... ;)

    Ash...
    (http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

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  3. Awesome Dolly..this is my DH fav..i do something similar too. Though, I must admit,I haven't made it for a while now..you've just given me the inspiration :-)

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  4. hi,
    gr8 recipe..ginger snaps are my favourite kind of cookie..

    thanks..
    pb
    http://kamalkitchen.blogspot.com

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  5. Who can resist these flavourful cookies...

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  6. I love ginger snaps. Perfectly baked!

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