Granny's Soft Ginger Cookies
Author: Laura Wittmann
Recipe type: Cookies
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Serves: 40 cookies
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup lard (or butter)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt (use 1 teaspoon if using unsalted butter)
- 1 egg
- ½ cup molasses
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger (2 if you like a stronger ginger taste)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3 tablespoons boiling water
- 3 cups flour
- In a bowl or stand mixer combine butter, lard and brown sugar. Blend well.
- Add the egg, molasses and vanilla and then blend again until well mixed.
- Dissolve the baking soda with boiling water and stir into wet mixture.
- In another small bowl combine the flour, salt, cinnamon and ginger. Add it slowly to the wet mixture while beating until smooth.
- Roll into balls and put on a cookie sheet. Flatten with the back of a spoon.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Cookies will be soft when they come out of the oven but will firm up while cooling.
Recipe by I'm an Organizing Junkie at https://orgjunkie.com/2018/12/soft-ginger-cookies-free-gift-tags.html
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