Maritime Gingersnaps
photo by wicked cook 46
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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48 cookies
- Serves:
- 16-24
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup molasses
- 1⁄4 cup shortening
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Combine molasses and shortening in a small pan; heat, stirring constantly, just to boiling over medium heat. Remove immediately from heat and allow to cool.
- Meanwhile, measure remaining ingredients into a large bowl. When molasses mixture has cooled, pour over flour mixture and mix well to combine. Chill dough for 10 minutes.
- Shape into small (about quarter-sized) balls and arrange 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Flatten with bottom of a drinking glass or with fingers.
- Bake until dry and crisp, about 8-10 minutes. Watch carefully as they may easily burn.
- When done, place pan on cooling rack and cool cookies on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Remove from baking sheet to cooling rack and cool completely.
- Once completely cooled, store in an airtight container.
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Reviews
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I only got 18 cookies but I did roll the balls a bit bigger. The cloves overpower the ginger alot. They are a very heavy dense cookie. I was surprised to see no eggs in them LOL I think I will try these again but with some tweaking. I am from the Maritimes and we love our gingersnaps LOL made for Everyday is Holiday tag
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The flavor of these cookies was all right, but not a winner with the kids and menfolk, who were expecting a somewhat sweet cookie. If you follow the directions, you get very hard little crunchy cookies with a dark spicy flavor. I made the cookies very small - about a nickel diameter ball - and only got out 30. There's no way you could get 48, as the recipe says. Pass by this recipe.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Halcyon Eve
United States