I just found out this morning that I had to do some baking for the kids annual bake sale tomarrow. I usually whip together some brownies real quick and call it good, however, my husband suggested switching it up this year and maybe doing some cookies. Sooo, I thought maybe my ginger cookies that I do every Christmas would fit the bill for the bake sale this year. It's a really great recipe that I get from a popular cook book and all I do is tweak it up just a little bit and my family just loves them.
First I mixed up the dry ingrediants (except for the sugar).
Whip up the shortening for about 30 sec. ( I used butter flavor).
Add the sugar and blend it well
until it looks about like this.
Then add the eggs and molasses and blend it well again.
Fold in the dry ingrediants and mix it until it's blended well like dough.
Make into 2 inch balls
and then roll in a plate of sugar and set onto an ungreased cookie tray 2 inches apart.
While I was doing all this our cat, Mischief, decided to settle into the little hamper I keep in the kitchen. I had to take his picture because I think that he's just too cute and I wanted to share.
Thanks for that, now okay,back to cookies. After they bake in the oven for about 10 or 11 minutes they should come looking like this
This batch of cookies came out pretty good. My family loves them and hopefully they go over well at the bake sale. My husband brings them into work every year and they are a hit so I'm hoping for the same reslult here.
xoxo
The little tweaking I did was to add 2 teaspoons of ginger insead of 4 and I used allspice rather that ground clove simply because it's what I had.
Happy Baking!
