Time to don the apron and make our first batch of Christmas cookies! These soft, chewy Ginger Crinkles are my favorite cookie recipe from my childhood. My mom used to make these year round, actually. But they are especially great at Christmas. And I've never met a soul who didn't like them!
No rolling and cutting these babies. You just mix up the dough, form little balls, and roll them in sugar! They puff up while they're baking, then settle down slightly and crinkle when you remove them from the oven.
I can mix up a batch of these in no time flat. And with my first "batch" of December company coming tomorrow to spend one night, I thought a little plate of these might be a nice treat.
I hope you'll try them!!
Ginger Crinkles
- 2/3 cup oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup sugar for rolling
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix oil and sugar thoroughly. Add egg and beat well. Stir in molasses. Sift dry ingredients together and add to above mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls into sugar and form into balls coated with sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Bake for about 10 minutes, or till puffy. Remove to wire rack. Cookies will flatten and crinkle.
Love,
2 comments:
I guess you remember that the recipe came from the old Wesson Oil Cookbook I have used for 53+ years. (I got it a year after Dad and I were married.) My former SS teacher gave me the Wesson Oil label for the FREE cookbook! I actually found a replacement copy at a Friends of the Library book sale a few years ago in Washington, NC.
G~Mama
Yes, I do remember. And you gave me the original cookbook!
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