Easy Ginger Snaps
Ginger Cookies Recipe

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Cookie Tips: When I make Gingersnaps or cookies, I take 2 sheets of Saran wrap, split the dough in half and roll each half in a log shape in the wrap. They sort of look like the tube cookies Pillsbury sells. Keep in the fridge. Just slice and bake as you need them.

Even though I haven't tried all of these Ginger Cookies, most have been passed down from grandmas to moms. Some date back to the middle 1800's, prepared in a Cooking Book by Fanny Farmer of Boston.

Wrap some up for gifts, or enjoy for the Holiday season. Watch them in the oven as you bake, because some of the baking times are questionable in my view. Also see Gingerbread, Gingerbreadmen and Gingerbreadhouse

Easy Ginger Snaps

1 cup molasses
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 cup shortening
1 tablespoon ginger
31/4 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Heat molasses to boiling-point and pour over shortening. Add dry ingredients mixed and sifted. Chill thoroughly. Toss one-fourth of mixture on a floured board and roll as thinly as possible; shape with a small round cutter, first dipped in flour. Place near together on a buttered sheet and bake in a moderate oven. Gather up the trimmings and roll with another portion of dough. During rolling, the bowl containing mixture should be kept in a cool place, or it will be necessary to add more flour to dough, which makes cookies hard rather than crisp and short.

GingerSnap Cookies

1 cup butter or margarine softened (2 sticks)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup molasses
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. soda
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 tsp. vanilla
Flour to make a stiff dough

Combine butter, sugar, egg, molasses, cinnamon, ginger, and soda
Mix well. Add vinegar, vanilla, and enough flour to make a stiff dough. Roll very thin.
Cut with cookie cutters. Bake at 325 10 to 12 minutes. Makes 48 gingersnaps

Here's another recipe called Gingersnap Yummies. You roll the dough into balls.

Ginger Cookies

1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger
1 beaten egg
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
2/3 tsp. salt

Cream shortening, molasses, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger together.
Mix well and bring slowly to a boiling point, cool. Add egg and nuts, combining well. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together and add to first mixture Mix thoroughly and shape into a roll about 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Roll in saran wrap and store in refrigerator. Slice and bake at 375 for 12 minutes. Makes 48 cookies.

Refrigerator Ginger Cookies Recipe

1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
1 egg
5 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tablespoon ginger

Blend shortening, sugar, and molasses. Add egg and mix well. Sift flour once. Measure and sift with other dry ingredients. Add to first mixture. Chill. Form into rolls. Wrap in saran wrap and allow to refrigerate 24 hrs. Slice 1/8 inch thick and bake 10 to 12 minutes at 400. Makes 80 cookies.

A Cookie or a Kiss

A house should have a cookie jar,
For when it's half-past three,
And children hurry home from school
As hungrey as can be,
There's nothing quite so slendid
For filling children up
As spicy, fluffy ginger cakes,
And sweet milk from a cup.

A house should have a mother,
Waiting for a hug,
No matter what a boy brings home,
A puppy or a bug.
For children only loiter
When the bell rings to dismiss,
If no one's home to greet them
With a cookie or a kiss.
Author Unknown

Also see:
Gingerbread Recipes
How to Make Gingerbreadmen
How to Make a Gingerbreadhouse

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Holiday Recipe
Start with a heart full of love. Add warm friendship spiced with laughter and merriment. Season with joyful greetings and serve with loads of good cheer.

Stocking Stuffers!
Wrap your homemade candies in colorful plastic wrap and tie with festive ribbons. You might even want to add beaded eyes or a felt nose to the wrapper. And don`t forget to package your edible gift with an ornament or even attach the recipe.

Holiday Gift Bags
For an easy homemade Christmas gift, make some Chex Party Mix or Crispix Mix and give out as gifts to co workers. Put in cute decorative holiday bags wrapped with curling ribbon. Everybody loves them!

Old Christmas songs
Here's some songs I found in the attic from the old days for you to sing while you're making Christmas Cookies with your children. Print them out if you like.