Jumbo Ginger Cookies
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
6 dozen
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup butter
- 3⁄4 cup shortening
- 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1⁄2 cup molasses
- 3 1⁄3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon clove
- 2 tablespoons ginger
directions
- Combine the butter, shortening and sugar in a LARGE mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until creamy.
- Add the eggs and continue beating, the add the molasses. Mix well.
- Add the spices and flour a bit at a time, using the low speed on your mixer. As the dough thickens, you'll have to increase this to medium and possibly high speed. Mix the ingredients thoroughly. The dough is quite stiff and it tries to crawl out of the bowl.
- Moisten your hands and roll the dough lightly into one inch balls.
- Place on an ungreased baking sheet about 2-inches apart. Flatten the dough to about 1/4-inch thickness with an egg flipper or your fingers. (Personally, I skip this step as the cookies flatten and spread out themselves so it saves some time).
- Bake at 375° for six to eight minutes. Remove cookies from sheet and cool on a wire rack. Count quickly!
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My name is Judith (Judy to my friends) and I live in Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, in the province of Ontario. There is just my husband and myself and we share our life with a little miniature Dachsund. I work full time as an administrative assistant for the federal government and hubby is a retired police officer. We have experienced life over the years such as hunting and fishing, cottaging and travelling, we took up skydiving for five years and then we got into restoring and showing vintage automobiles. The earliest car we owned and restored was a rare Canadian made 1917 Model T Touring Car which is now housed in a personal collection in Zurich, Switzerland. The newest vintage car we restored was a 1963 Ford Falcon Futura Sport Convertible which is now owned by an older couple just outside of San Francisco. We have been through about 25 restorations and have sold most of our cars but we still have and show a 1941 Series 60 Fleetwood Cadillac that is just drop dead gorgeous. We also enjoy going to auctions, garage/estate sales and flea markets as we love collecting things. I collect figural salt and pepper shakers - hubby collects unique and vintage automobilia.
I enjoy cooking and I am considered to be very good at it. Cooking in Home Economics was my favorite subject through High School.
I don't have a favorite cookbook except for one that I have put together myself of tried and true recipes for things we love. However, reading any and all cookbooks are a passion and I now find myself avidly reading and trying recipes from all over the internet.