Ginger Cookie Stars!. Here are the ingredients and how to achieve it. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses. Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture.

I hate to cast a negative vote among all the five-star ratings, but I thought the crystallized ginger in this recipe was too much! I like ginger, but biting into a small chunk of crystallized ginger gives the kind of hot sensation you get from eating Thai food--not exactly what I'm looking for in a cookie. Amazon's Choice for gingerbread cookie jar. You can cook Ginger Cookie Stars! using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Ginger Cookie Stars!

It's 600 Grams of Self Raising Flour.
Prepare 300 Grams of Butter.
You need 300 Grams of Sugar.
It's 3 Tablespoons of Ground Ginger.
You need 4 teaspoons of Ground Cinnamon.
You need 1 packet of Clear Mints (Clear fruit sweets!).
You need 1 of little warm water.

The recipe has oil in it so the dough may look a little different than you're used to, but I think this is what makes these cookies so wonderful. I doubled the cinnamon and ginger, and *very* lightly greased my cookie sheets (or you can use parchment paper, because they will stick otherwise). Beat in the egg and molasses until well blended. Combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; stir into the molasses mixture to form a dough.

Ginger Cookie Stars! step by step

Sift Flour into a bowl. Add spices and mix. Add Sugar and Butter, then rub mix between fingertips to resemble breadcrumbs..
Either put in a mixer, or use a wooden spoon, then add a little warm water and mix into a soft dough..
Turn out onto a floured board and knead until completely combined and smooth. Place in the fridge for at least 20-30 minutes..
Meanwhile Butter enough flat trays to take about 20 cookies....
Place chilled dough onto a floured board and roll out to about 0.50 cams thick. Cut stars in sets of two, one top, one bottom. Use a smaller cutter on one set, removing centre pastry..
Place one top onto each bottom, using a flat knife or spatula. Place into the buttered trays. Press Pieces lightly to seal together, then put 1-2 sweets into the centres..
Cook in a medium - hot oven for 15-20 minutes until golden brown and the sweets have melted. Remove from trays after 5 minutes cool- down and put on cooling rack..
Box in an airtight container when cool. Will keep up to about three weeks(if they last that long!) enjoy!.

Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. This recipe is pretty much flawless. The balance of molasses and spices is just right. It's great for cut-out cookies because scraps can be re-rolled without coming out different. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and salt and then combine the.