Best 6 Ginger Cream Cookies Grandmas Dated Recipes

GINGER CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream the shortening, sugar, egg, molasses and water. Mix in the flour, salt, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake for about 8 minutes.

GINGER CREAM COOKIES (GRANDMA'S DATED 1924)

Steps:

• 1. COOKIES: Mix shortening, sugar, egg, molasses,and water together well. Sift dry ingredients (all remaining cookie ingredients) together and blend in. CHill dough for at least 2 -3 hours. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Drop dough by teaspoons full onto greased baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake 8-9 minutes. Cookies should have a little but almost no imprint left on them when lightly touched. Do not over bake. Remove to racks to cool a bit but frost while just a bit warm for best icing.
• 2. CREAM ICING: Blend sugar, salt, and vanilla. Add enough cream or milk to make this easy to spread. Frost warm cookies.

GRANDMA'S GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Mix in order given, ( I whisk the spices and salt into one of the cups of flour), and add enough flour to make a soft dough. Putting dough in refrigerator over night makes it easier to handle.
• 2. Roll out thin (1/8 inch or less) on pastry cloth. Using a 3 inch scalloped cookie cutter, cut out cookies and place on an UNGREASED cookie sheet. (May sprinkle sugar on top of unbaked cookie but seems to create bubbles).
• 3. Bake in hot oven, 350 degrees for 5-8 minutes. Cool a moment on cookie sheet.
• 4. Don't be afraid to handle the dough. If cookies look pale, they're not done; bake until beginning to turn color. Don't use the 4 inch cookie cutter. Once cooled, cookies can be stored in airtight container and freeze well, also.

FROSTED GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in molasses and vanilla; mix well. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325° for 12-15 minutes or until cookies spring back when touched lightly (do not overbake). Remove to wire racks. , For frosting, in a large saucepan, bring the brown sugar, milk and butter to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute. Remove from the heat (mixture will look curdled at first). Cool for 3 minutes. Add confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt; mix well. Frost warm cookies.

GINGER CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream the shortening, sugar, egg, molasses and water.
• Mix in the flour, salt, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon.
• Cover and chill for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for about 8 minutes.

GRANDMA'S SOFT GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat brown sugar and butter in a separate bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Mix in molasses, egg, and candied ginger. Gradually mix in dry ingredients until combined. Chill dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
• Roll chilled dough into 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch balls. Dip balls in white sugar to coat and place on the prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.