Jay’s Great Ginger Cookies. These are the best cookies ever! They came out looking great - tasted even better! I am planning to give these cookies as gifts for Christmas. I think this recipe is a great starting point for ginger cookies. The ginger flavor isn't super noticeable though, if you, like me, crave the warmth of a strong ginger taste.
I want to try my hand at making an edible Christmas tree for the table on Christmas day.
Your cookies sound just perfect to me as I was wanting a ginger cookie recipe.
Intensely delicious ginger flavor from fresh puree, crystallized, and ground ginger.
You can cook Jay’s Great Ginger Cookies using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Jay’s Great Ginger Cookies
- You need 2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour.
- It's 2 teaspoons of ground ginger.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
- It's 3/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
- You need 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves.
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
- It's 3/4 cup of Crisco shortening.
- It's 1 cup of brown sugar.
- It's 1 of egg (room temperature).
- It's 1 tablespoon of orange juice.
- You need 1/4 cup of molasses.
- You need 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar.
Whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and salt in a small bowl. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and salt and then combine the. Whisk the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves and salt together in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed.
Jay’s Great Ginger Cookies instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside..
- In a large bowl, cream together the Crisco and 1 cup brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the orange juice and molasses. Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut sized balls, and roll them in the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar..
- Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and flatten slightly. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container..
Add egg and vanilla and beat until combined. If you must have a cookie from time to time, a ginger snap is among your best options, compared to other varieties such as chocolate chip or sugar cookies. Most ginger snaps are lower in fat and sugar than other types of cookies, and you'll also get a good dose of certain vitamins and minerals, as well. These easy gingerbread cookies totally changed that. This past year at our Christmas gathering, my friends and family inhaled them so fast that I made a second batch Christmas night.