Recipe: Ginger Snaps Denise

[Guest guest]

Juniper is beautiful! Congrats!

I love ginger snaps. Thanks for this recipe, I used

to have that cookbook but I lent it out and never got

it back, never get a chance to make anything gfrom the

book but one cookie.

It's so nice to hear from you.

Hugs,

Donna

 

--- organic_homestead <organic_homestead

wrote:

 

> I'm sitting at the computer with Juniper in her

> sling (on me) having

> her mid-day snooze after a good feeding. I've been

> wanting to get

> back into this group, but haven't had a lot of

> desire to sit at the

> computer. Today, I do.

>

> I'd like to share the recipe of the ginger snaps I

> made on the day I

> gave birth. These are from Mrs. Fields Cookie Book.

>

> 2 1/2 c flour (I used whole wheat)

> 1/2 tsp baking soda

> 1/4 tsp salt

> 2 tsp ground ginger

> 1 tsp diced crystallized ginger

> 1/2 tsp allspice

> 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

> 1 1/4 c dark brown sugar, firmly packed

> 3/4 c salted butter, softened

> 1 large egg

> 1/4 c unsulfured molasses

>

> Preheat oven to 300F.

> In a medium bowl combine flour, soda, salt, both

> gingers, allspice

> and pepper. Mix well and set aside.

>

> In a large bowl, mix sugar and butter with an

> electric mixer set at

> medium speed. Scrape down sides of bowl and then add

> egg and molasses

> and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.

>

> Add the flour mixture and mix at low speed just

> until combined. Do

> not overmix. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for

> 1 hour - the

> dough will be less sticky and easier to handle.(I

> skipped this step

> as I knew I didn't have an hour to wait, instead I

> put the dough in

> the fridge while waiting for the first batch to

> cook.)

>

> Form dough into balls 1 inch in diameter. Place on

> ungreased cookie

> sheet, 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake about 25 minutes.

> Transfer cookies to

> a cool, flat surface immediately from oven.

>

> Enjoy!

>

>

>

>

 

 

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