Old Fashioned Ginger Cookies… Remix
December 27, 2008|Comments (27)
These darlings of the winter cookie baking… the classics that send us running for photoalbums… and the ones that end up being upstaged by chocolate chip cookies or buckeyes or iced sugar cookies. These are the wallflowers of the cookie family with their unexciting exterior which hides their secret burst of warmth and flavor. And now the classic contains more dietary fiber. An almost guilt-free winter sweet. What’s not to love about that?
First of all, you’ll need to grab up the following ingredients (and locate some giggly girls to help, too):
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
- 1 cup wheat germ
- 4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups shortening
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup water
- 3/4 cup sugar
Now, stir together all the dry ingredients (except for the sugar) in a separate bowl. In your mixer, add shortening, 2 cups of sugar, water, and the molasses and put it on LOW for a sec. Add the molasses and the eggs — mixing in between each addition. You might need to scrape the bowl a few times. I did. Add the flour/wheat germ mixture a little at a time. Mix until nice and fluffy.
Now, rub your hands together greedily and prepare your taste buds for the best cookie dough you have ever encountered in all of your born days. I mean it.
Now roll it into little balls and dip it in the 3/4 cup of sugar. **Try not to get distracted by how cute my kids hands are while rolling cookies.**
Nor when they hold up their sugar-coated little fingers and squeal with delight. **Focus, Lacy! Focus!**
Throw it on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 11-13 minutes. Allow to cool slightly. Devour. Moan. Clean up crumbs. Eat crumbs. Moan. Scarf down more cookies when you think no one can see you. Then discover that you are incredibly full. Wheat germ is very filling stuff, as it turns out.
Awesome, huh?
Want to learn more about adding fat-fighting wheat germ to your foods? Check out this snazzy little article about adding dietary fiber to your baked goods.
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MMMMmmmmmm those sound so good!
as soon as i recover from all the cooking i did for christmas, i am definitely going to make these.
What pretty cookies! It is so great to bake with others…
Cheers and have a wonderful Sunday,
Rosa
I absolutely stinking love ginger snaps. I make mountains of them every year.
I have been wanting to make those. I love the picture of those little hands worling. I am dying to hear more about those kiddos, are you going to share that in the future?
Little hands making cookies….that’s soooooo cute! They look super yummy too! Thanks for the holiday wishes yesterday!
Ginger cookies, Yummy! Our favorite.
Lacy: The making is as good as the eating. Have fun with the kids.
Gingersnaps just happen to be my personal favorite cookie -especially at Christmas, so as usual, I baked a double batch of ‘em to make sure I have plenty to last me for a couple of days anyway! Never tried ‘em with wheat germ though so next time I bake some I’ll have to add that in.
Happy New Year!
Looks like a good time was had by all! What a delicious outcome!
I’ve been begging my mom to make me ginger snaps for 2 years!Now that I’ve seen your recipe I’ll make’em myself, cheers!
Lacy, Thank you for the nice comment on my blog. You are such a sweetie to make the time. I’m sure you have been quite busy and without a doubt this has to have been the best Christmas.
hugs & blessings,
ang.
Hi there,
Wow, ginger snaps. I just bought another cookie sheet because we lost the other one in the move. Now I can make these as well as the pumkin cookies to. Wish I had little hands to help. You tell those little hands that I just think they are GREAT little hands………….lol………..Love Always
We make these cookies, too. You are right, they are addictive. They aren’t overly sweet, so you just keep popping hem into your mouth and then it hits you how many you have eaten. *Groan* What a way to go.
Hey Miss Lacy!
I heart molasses! It’s my friend. Incredibly high in iron, too.
Your cookies and sweet helpers are just adorable!
Eat a few for me!
Hugs, Me
I hate baking. Luckily, I am married to someone who loves it. I’ll be showing her these. And when I say I hate baking, it’s not like your child saying they hate beans even though they’ve never tried them. I worked in a bakery for 6 years. I hate baking. Love your site.
ROCKS LIKE KISS!
You guys are awesome! Did you know that my kids read your comments? They read them out loud to me while I was fixing dinner and loved visiting your sites.
Thank you so much for your comments!
Love,
Lacy
Ooh, these look yummy! They taste even better when made with the chubby little hands of the children we love.
Hi Lacy and Joshua. Happy holidays to you both, and to those beautiful children of yours. I’m a bit late getting around to all the blogs with my greetings. Please forgive my lateness.
Children’s hands seem to go well in pictures of cookies, don’t they. Take care, Razors! All the best for 2009.
If C and B read this then I need to start signing it as Aunt Laura so they will know it’s me! Hi girls!!
Yummm those look delicious!
Looks yum and fun!
LOL Sweet Lacy! These are far from my favorite cookies…..but those cute little hands and fingers???? They are so precious! I could kiss the sugar off of each finger!
You are an amaziing Mom, Lacy!!
Hugs for you!
Momma Barb
those look just like the ginger snaps i made this year! although i have never added wheat germ to anything, i think i may try it. does it add any kind of taste? i don’t want to mess up my FAVORITE cookies. (seriously, i think i ate all of them…except for some that i gave my dad…and santa had a couple too)
I ate three of these on the way to the Aunt and Uncles house…they live one exit down!! These were so AWESOME!! Will ate one when he woke from his nap and two more for dessert. I think he approved also. Thanks!
Those look sooooooooo good!
Those look great. I don’t know how I missed this post. I am making gingersnaps tonight but I better stick with my recipe as that is what the folks at church are expecting. I won’t have any helpers though. And I think those hands are very cute and distracting
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