italian dessert recipes

Chewy Ginger Cookies



chewy ginger cookies

These chewy ginger cookies aren't necessarily a neat fit into my Italian cookie recipes - because they aren't truly "italian". But here's the story....

I was invited to Kansas City Food Bloggers Cookie Exchange in 2010 - and one of the gals baked these. They were my favorites. They are definitely an easy to make cookie because all the ingredients are normal - and they are a drop cookie.

Yes, they use Crisco AND I HATE Crisco in general just because of the toxic ingredients. But it makes it work. See why below.

If this wasn't the type of cookie you were looking for - scroll below and see the full list of all the cookie recipes I have on my site.

Thanks for stopping by -

Lisa

Italian Dessert Recipes Website Owner and Developer



Chewy Ginger Cookies

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter flavored Crisco ( I know I rarely use shortening - but see why below)

1 cup white sugar

1/4 cup light molasses (dark would be ok too)

1 egg

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 pinch of anise powder (optional)

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Cream shortening and sugar.

Add egg and beat until fluffy. Stir in molasses and mix well.

3. Sift all dry ingredients. Then add to molasses mixture. Mix well.

4. Using a cookie scoop (or melon baller), scoop dough on to cookie sheets and bake for 9 minutes (exactly).

5. Remove from baking sheet and cool.

You can also roll the balls in sugar for added flavor.










Is this all the spices I need?

Yeah, it's the ginger cinnamon combo you are looking for in the flavor. And I too was a little leary when I began - I was thinking of nutmeg, all spice, maybe pumpkin spice - but no she did this recipe well. It's really a nice cookie.


Why Crisco and not butter?

The deal with these cookies is they are "chewy" ginger cookies - not ginger "snaps". Butter would make them more "snappish". The Crisco lends to the chewy-ness.

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Lisa Gianotti

Memorial Day and Warmer Weather Treats!



It's finally warming up! In my neck of the woods we had SNOW on May 2nd. Now were on to the warm weather sweet treats!

I started celebrating by having a Sangria last night. Sangria is so easy to make - and the trick to making it spectacular is - following the super easy procedure. IF you need a brush up see:

How to Make Sangria

As for Memorial Day Goodies - I bake the LESS sticky stuff if I have to travel. And something that the kids can grab with their fingers as they cruise by the dessert table and run off to their next game. Cookies and brownies work the best for this!

The past month, these are my top five most viewed cookie recipes:

#1 Anisette Cookies

#2 Italian Wedding Cookie Recipe

#3 Pizzelle Recipe

#4 Ricotta Cheese Cookies

#5 Meringue Cookie Recipe

Have a fun filled Memorial Day!



Lisa


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