Ginger Cream Cookies

Mirj's Note:

Great cookies, I got them from and English friend of mine.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 8 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 48 ginger ...

• 1⁄3; cup shortening
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ cup molasses
• ½ cup water
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. Cream the shortening, sugar, egg, molasses and water.
2. Mix in the flour, salt, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon.
3. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
5. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
6. Bake for about 8 minutes.

Reviews

[Mille®]

Ah... childhood memories! I had completely forgotten how much I enjoyed these little diamonds as a kid and was overjoyed to see that some astute person had unearthed a good recipe for them. I used caster sugar (for smoother texture), fresh ground ginger (that's the purist in me) and good English treacle instead of molasses (accept no American wannabe-treacle substitute). Mirj, you've never let me down, and this is no exception.

[Thedeath458]

Nice and light cookies. Great flavor without being overpowering, and soft! However, my dough was a bit wet so I piped the dough onto the cookie sheet...worked great actually!

[LUVMY2BOYS]

These cookies didn't work too well for me. I think the ginger taste was a little too strong for my taste. But I liked the texture & they were easy to put together. Thanks anyway for the taking the time to post this recipe.