If you need a great cookie for a holiday party or a cookie to leave for Santa, this is it! These gingerbread cookies are chewy and decadent with freshly grated ginger. I will be making several batches this weekend for holiday parties and I’m sure they will be a hit!
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup molasses
1 cup sugar plus about a 1/4 of a cup for cookie topping
1 tbs vanilla
1 tbs water
1 tbs freshly grated ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp allspice
1 tsp baking soda
2 1/2 cups flour
Dough
In a mixer combine canola oil, molasses, and 1 cup of sugar and mix together for a few minutes until all 3 ingredients have blend together well. Add vanilla, water, freshly grated ginger, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Mix everything together. Keep the mixer on low and add baking soda and flour. Mix everything together until all ingredients have formed a dark colored dough. Roll dough into a ball and wrap tightly in celephane. Place in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.
Baking
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and spray your cookie sheet with cooking spray. Pour about 1/4 cup of sugar into a bowl to roll cookies in. Take small sections of the dough and roll into balls. Roll the balls of dough in the sugar and place on the cookie sheet once you have all your cookies arranged on a sheet use a spoon to slightly smash down each cookie. Then place in the oven for about 10 minute at 350 degrees. Once they have baked take them out of the oven and leave them on the cookie sheet for about 5 minutes or until they have cooled. Then they are ready to serve.
yields about 24 cookies
Looks fantastic! Nice simple holiday cookie recipe :) Cute site too!
ReplyDeleteFirst time making gingerbread! Very good! A glaze would be nice & my toddler loves them! Subbed shortening & will bake next tray for 9 min. (10 in my oven made them quite crisp)
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