Gigi's Gingersnaps
 
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This family favorite continues to find new venues to extend its appearance. We incorporated it this into our New Year's party. Isn't ginger good for calming your digestive system after a night with rich food and libations? Let its aroma surround you with the warmth and comfort of a Gigi's (or mom's) hug.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 5 dozen
Ingredients
Ingredients to cream:
  • ⅓ cup butter
  • ⅓ cup Crisco(butter-flavored)
  • 1-1/4 cups sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup molasses
Dry Ingredients:
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, unbleached
  • 1-1/2 t. baking soda
  • 1 t. salt
  • 1 t. cloves
  • 1 t. ginger
Topping:
  • ¼ cup turbinado sugar( like Sugar in the Raw)
  • 1 t. cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Cream butter, Crisco and sugar.
  2. Add the egg and cream until light and fluffy.
  3. Blend in the molasses until batter in uniform in color.
  4. Combine the dry ingredients and slowly add to the creamed mixture.
  5. Cover and refrigerate for about an hour.
  6. Using a 1 inch cookie scoop, drop mounds 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
  7. Roll the tops of the cookie mounds into the cinnamon sugar mixture.
  8. Bake in a convection oven set at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.
  9. If you bake in a regular oven at 350 degrees, the time should be about 15 minutes.
Recipe by My Dragonfly Cafe at https://mydragonflycafe.com/gigis-gingersnaps/