Spice Cookies
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Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 2 tablespoons water (2 to 3 tablespoons)
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine — softened
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons very finely chopped nuts
- Sugar
Heat oven to 375º. Mix flour and 1/2 cup sugar in large bowl. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until particles are size of small peas. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until mixture almost cleans side of bowl.
Roll dough into rectangle, 15 × 10 inches, on lightly floured cloth-covered surface. Spread butter over dough. Mix 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over butter. Sprinkle nuts evenly over sugar mixture. Roll up tightly, beginning at 15-inch side. Pinch edge of dough to seal.
Cut roll into 1/4-inch slices. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
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Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups shortening
- 3/4 cup molasses
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ground cloves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped almonds
Preparation:
Beat sugar, shortening and molasses in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except almonds. Stir in almonds. Divide dough in half. Shape each half into roll, about 2 inches in diameter. Wrap and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
Heat oven to 350º. Cut dough into 1/4-inch slices. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake about 9 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched lightly in center. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
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Gingerpop Cookies
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) package gingerbread cake and cookie mix
- 1/3 cup lukewarm water
- About 18 wooden sticks with rounded ends
- Sugar
- Easy Pink Frosting — (recipe follows)
- Candy-coated chocolate candies, candy corn, licorice or gumdrops, if desired
EASY PINK FROSTING
- 1 cup vanilla ready-to-spread frosting
- 2 drops red food color
Mix gingerbread mix (dry) and water in large bowl with spoon. Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate about 15 minutes or until slightly firm.
Heat oven to 375º. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Insert wooden stick into side of each ball until tip of stick is in center of ball. Place balls about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
Press bottom of glass into dough to grease, then dip into sugar; press on balls to flatten slightly. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are firm. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet with spatula to wire rack. Cool completely. Spread Easy Pink Frosting over each cookie with knife, then immediately top with candies to make a face design or decorate as desired.
EASY PINK FROSTING:
Mix ingredients until pink and smooth.
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Amish Ginger Cookies
Makes about 48
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup unsulfured molasses
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1-1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- extra granulated sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- In a mixing bowl, beat together butter and 1 cup sugar until creamy. Add egg and molasses; beat until combined.
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix until well combined.
- Roll dough into 1-inch balls and roll in the extra granulated sugar.
- Place balls on ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake for 5 – 7 minutes until barely turning brown.
- Allow to cool for 1 minute on baking sheet and then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
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Eggnog Snickerdoodles
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
- 1/2 teaspoon brandy extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 cup colored (or plain) sugar
Heat oven to 400°F. In large mixer bowl, combine all cookie ingredients (except 1/4 cup colored or plain sugar and nutmeg). Beat at low speed, scaping bowl often, until well mixed. Combine the 1/4 cup colored sugar with the nutmeg; set aside. Shape rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls; roll in sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned. A great Christmas Cookie recipe.
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Gingerbread Cookies in a Jar
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 gingerbread boy-shaped cookie cutter
Use a clean 1 quart jar and press each layer down firmly. Put in half of the flour along with the baking powder and baking soda. Add the spices and the remaining flour. Add the brown sugar last. Tie a ribbon around the top of the jar and attach the cookie cutter and the directions below.
Attach these directions to the jar:
Gingerbread Cookies
Empty jar of cookie mix into large mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly. Mix in 1/2 cup softened butter, 3/4 cup molasses and 1 or 2 eggs. Mix until completely blended. Cover and refrigerate 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°F. Roll dough to 1/4 inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Cut into shapes. Place cookies on lightly greased cookie sheet about 2″
apart. Bake 10 to 15 minutes. Decorate with icing.
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Banana-Ginger Jumbles Recipe
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine — softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 tablespoon grated gingerroot
- OR
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger*
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup mashed very ripe bananas (2 medium)
- 1/4 cup milk
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Powdered sugar, if desired
Heat oven to 375º. Beat brown sugar, butter, shortening, ginger root and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in bananas and milk. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar while warm.
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