Desserts & Candy

Ginger Cookies

Name: Ginger Cookies
Ingredients: 1 c shortening; 1 c sugar; ½ c brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1 c molasses; 1 c sour milk; 3 tsp soda; 2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp ginger; 7–8 c flour

From the kitchen of Mom (Mary April)

Cut-out ginger cookies belong to the German baking tradition — Lebkuchen, Pfeffernüsse, the spiced cookies of Advent that have been associated with Christmas markets and holiday celebrations in the German-speaking world for centuries. For a family with roots in Alsace, where the German and French baking traditions intertwined, ginger cookies at Christmas would have felt as old and right as the season itself. Mary April's recipe, made in large batches for cookie cutters, continued that tradition in NE Ohio.

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Ingredients

1 c shortening
1 c sugar
½ c brown sugar
2 eggs
1 c molasses
1 c sour milk
3 tsp soda
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ginger
7–8 c flour

Instructions

Cream together shortening, sugar, and brown sugar.
Add eggs and mix. Add molasses and sour milk and mix.
Add remaining ingredients and mix again.
Roll out on floured board and cut with cookie cutter.