Ginger Sparkles Recipes

CHEWY GINGERSNAPS SPARKLE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together using a hand mixer. Add other wet ingredients and mix.
• Add dry ingredients and mix. Dough should be easy to handle and not sticky. Add a little more flour if necessary. The dough should NOT be dry.
• Shape dough into one inch balls and roll in white sugar.
• Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Remove immediately from cookie sheet onto cooling rack. Enjoy!

GINGER SPARKLERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Soften butter or margarine in microwave. Mix it together with molasses and eggs.
• Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients. Dough will be very dense.
• Pick up tsp sized ball of dough and roll into a ball in your hands.
• Roll rounded ball into extra sugar to coat.
• Place balls of dough on baking sheet.
• Bake at 350 F for 15 minute Cookies may seem crisp when they come out of the oven, but once removed from cookie sheet and stored they should be soft.

GINGER SPARKLES

Steps:

• Cream butter & sugar, add molasses.
• Mix in egg.
• Add flour, baking soda, salt & spices.
• Mix till well combined.
• Roll tablespoon size balls in sugar.
• Place 12 cookies on parchment lined cookie sheet (flatten if dough is not too soft).
• Bake at 375 for 10 - 15 minutes (10 for a softer cookie, 15 for a crisp cookie).
• Cool on wire rack.
• Store in airtight container.