Country Raisin Gingersnaps Recipes

ANNE SEVERSON'S GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• In a stand mixer or food processor, cream together the butter and 1 cup sugar, then add the egg, soda, salt, spices and molasses and mix well.
• Add flour and mix well. Use a bit more flour if the dough seems too sticky - it should be stiff. Shape into a ball and refrigerate for at least 1 .5 hours or overnight.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough into small balls (smaller than a golf ball but bigger than a marble). Rolls balls in a bowl of sugar; set each on an ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake 11 to 13 minutes, or until puffy. Cool on a wire rack.

GRANDMA'S GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and molasses until well blended. Combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; stir into the molasses mixture to form a dough. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll the balls in the remaining sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

MIDNIGHT GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Stir together the molasses and butter in a saucepan over medium heat until it begins to boil. Remove from heat and set aside to cool until cool enough to handle. Stir together flour, baking powder, ginger, cocoa powder, sugar, cinnamon, clove, cayenne pepper, black pepper, nutmeg, and salt in a large bowl until thoroughly blended. Pour in the warm molasses mixture, and stir until a dough forms.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Refrigerate until the dough firms, about 10 minutes. Form dough into balls, using about 2 tablespoons per cookie. Place onto a baking sheet, and flatten slightly.
• Bake in preheated oven 8 minutes, then cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

OLD-FASHIONED GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Chill. , Roll into 1-1/4-in. balls and dip into sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for about 10 minutes or until set and surface cracks. Cool on wire racks.

INCREDIBLY CRISP GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices in a bowl; stir well to mix. In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together on medium speed the butter and sugar for about 5 minutes until very light, fluffy and whitened. Add the egg and continue beating until smooth. Lower speed and beat in half the dry ingredients, then the molasses. Stop the mixer and scrape down bowl and beater. Beat in the remaining dry ingredients. Remove bowl from mixer and use a large rubber spatula to finish mixing the dough. Use a small ice cream scoop to scoop out 1-inch diameter pieces of dough. Roll into balls between the palms of your the hands, then roll in the sugar. Place the balls of dough on the prepared pans leaving about 3 inches all around each, to allow for spreading. Bake the cookies for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until they have spread, the surface has crackled, and they are firm to the touch. Slide the papers from the pans to racks. Store the cooled cookies between sheets of parchment or waxed paper in a tin or platic container witha tight-fitting cover.

RAISIN GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Combine shortening, sugar, egg and molassas. Beat until incorporated.
• In a bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves. Slowly add to your mixer. Mix until combined. Add raisins, mix on low speed until incorporated.
• Chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Shape dough into small balls (about 1 inch), roll in sugar.
• Place on lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
• Remove and cool.

COUNTRY RAISIN GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Chop raisins, as this makes the cookie chewy as well as crunchy. Beat together shortening, sugar, and egg. Blend in molasses. Blend in flour sifted with soda, salt, and spices. Mix in raisins. Chill dough. Shape dough into small balls and roll in additional sugar, if desired. Place on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake in moderately hot oven 375°, 8 -10 minutes. Remove to cooling rack.

COUNTRY RAISIN GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat shortening with an electric mixer on high speed until creamy. Gradually beat in sugar until fluffy. Add egg; beat until blended. Reduce mixer to medium speed; beat in molasses and set aside. Sift flour, baking soda, salt and spices; gradually add to shortening mixture. Fold in raisins. Turn dough out onto a sheet of aluminum foil. Wrap and refrigerate for one to 2 hours. Form into one-inch balls and roll in sugar; place on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes, until tops of cookies are crackled. Let stand for 2 minutes before removing cookies from baking sheets.

OMA'S GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar- mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
• Add molasses and egg to creamed mixture- add dry ingredients- stir or handmix.
• Roll dough into small balls- roll in extra sugar.
• Place on cookie sheet and flatten.
• Bake 350 for 5-10 minutes.

LARA'S TENDER GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat brown sugar and butter until blended. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves; gradually add to brown sugar mixture and mix well (dough will be stiff). Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape dough into 1 in. balls. Roll in sugar. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. , Bake until set, 9-11 minutes. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks.

ELIZA LARMOUR'S GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cream the sugar and shortening. Add the egg and molasses. Add the dry ingredients.
• Form the mixture into one-inch balls. Roll the balls in sugar and place them at least one inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12 minutes.
• Cool the cookies on the cookie sheet until firm, then remove them carefully with a spatula.

COUNTRY RAISIN GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Cream together shortening and suger Beat in eggs and molasses Sift toether flour, soda, salt and spices, add to creamed mixture Mix in raisins, chill dough 30 minutes Roll into 1" bass and roll in additional sugar Place 2" apart on a greased baking sheet Bake 375 for 8-10 minutes