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| Ginger Cookies |
Recipes haunt me like a bad smell in the refrigerator. You know what I mean, every time you open the refrigerator door you think, ‘gee something smells bad’ and promptly close the door. Eventually you succumb to the smell, bend down, move containers around, until you find the culprit.
I often find recipes and think, ‘gee that looks good, I should try that.’ Usually I leave the cookbook or magazine open for days or weeks in an obvious location so I have to look at it, or move it around many times until finally I break down and try it. Now, if that recipe doesn’t work (because believe it or not, there are many bad recipes out there) I take no mercy. Out comes the black felt pen and the recipe ends up looking like an essay marked by an fastidious English Teacher.
I love to bake, or to be honest, I love to eat my baking. Often there are recipes of cakes, cookies, muffins hanging around the kitchen. However, baking is like an add-on, it’s not a necessity for survival. With time so limited, the everyday meals take priority. It’s only when there is a blip in the schedule, the add-on’s or baking can get done. In my case, it’s often at 10pm at night. As everyone heads off to bed they are tormented with yummy smells coming from the kitchen.
I made this recipe last week, and to my surprise the cookies all disappeared in two days – and trust me, it wasn’t because of me.
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| Ginger cookies rolled in sugar |
Ginger Cookies
Makes about 20 cookies
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
½ cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
¼ cup molasses
3 tablespoons sugar, in a small bowl for rolling
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a bowl combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and ginger and set aside. In a Mixmaster or using a hand blender cream together butter, sugar and egg until fluffy. Beat in molasses. Add flour mixture and blend well. Form dough into walnut sized balls and roll in sugar, squishes down on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and bake 10 minutes.
Looking for another cookie to bake? Try our Dad’s Cookie Recipe
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