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Big Soft Ginger Cookies Recipe


Big Soft Ginger Cookies Recipe
These are great cookies -- easy and yummy -- a great cookie at the holidays, and a good choice for a cookie swap out of the ordinary sugar cookie choice

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Ingredients
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside.
  3. n a large bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
  4. Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses.
  5. Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture.
  6. Shape dough into walnut sized balls, and roll them in the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar.
  7. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet or on parchment paper on sheet, and flatten slightly.
  8. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
  9. Store in an airtight container. Keep a slice of bread (white is fine) in the container to help keep cookies soft. Replace when slice is hard.

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Comments


Been on the lookout for a soft ginger cookie recipe so will definitely be giving this a try, thanx for sharing! :-)


These sound really yummy I like the addition of orange juice.

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OMG I WAS JUST TELLING SOMEONE ABOUT THIS RECIPE I USE TO MAKE THESE ALOT FROM THE AMISH THESE ARE AWESOME AND NOW IM LOOKING THRU THE RECIPES AND FOUND YOURS HAHAHA WHAT LUCK ILL TELL HER I WAS GOING TO SEND IT TO HER AND NOW I DONT HAVE TOO ITS HERE........ LOL THANK YOU .........

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