Patty in a beautiful blue dress in 1993.I made some cookies for my niece who was spending her first year away at college, and she thanked me by saying they were good, but they were not Patty's gingersnaps. Sigh. And then suddenly my mom came up with a slip of paper in Patty's handwriting at the back of her recipe box.
This is it, the lost recipe, the one I worked on with Patty. These are the best gingersnaps ever, and please do think of Patty when you make them. Better yet, please call them Patty's gingersnaps, nothing would make her happier.
Patty's Gingersnap Cookies
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together:
1/3 cup vegetable shortening (Crisco)
1/3 cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar
Add and beat until fluffy:
1 egg
2 teaspoons of baking soda mixed into 1/4 cup molasses
Sift together:
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons ginger
2 cups flour
Add the flour/spice mixture to the butter/sugar mixture and stir until well combined. Roll dough (about a Tablespoon) into small balls, then roll balls in sugar (sanding sugar makes a pretty, sparkly cookie). Space about 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet, and bake for 8 - 12 minutes. Let them cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before transferring the cookies to a rack to finish cooling.
This is it, the lost recipe, the one I worked on with Patty. These are the best gingersnaps ever, and please do think of Patty when you make them. Better yet, please call them Patty's gingersnaps, nothing would make her happier.
Patty's Gingersnap Cookies
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together:
1/3 cup vegetable shortening (Crisco)
1/3 cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar
Add and beat until fluffy:
1 egg
2 teaspoons of baking soda mixed into 1/4 cup molasses
Sift together:
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons ginger
2 cups flour
Add the flour/spice mixture to the butter/sugar mixture and stir until well combined. Roll dough (about a Tablespoon) into small balls, then roll balls in sugar (sanding sugar makes a pretty, sparkly cookie). Space about 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet, and bake for 8 - 12 minutes. Let them cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before transferring the cookies to a rack to finish cooling.
7 comments:
super yummy! Sean helped roll the dough balls in the sugar for me.
Oh my goodness! My mom always made the same recipe! She said she got it off the Brer Rabbit Molasses label. I make them all the time in Mom's memory and they are extremely popular. Two people with similar heritages-who knew?
These sound fabulous. I will be trying them soon!
Family recipes are so very special! Thanks for sharing this one. I plan to make them for my family tomorrow and will call them Patty's!
Can't wait to try! When are you going to come to Indy so we can cook together?
Can I also say that I love your aunt's sweet Sandy Duncan haircut in this picture and her corsage. Nobody wears corsages anymore, and it's a shame.
Dearest deter, another favorite to add to the family recipe archive. Must comment that we need to delete grandma's salmon loaf - not so good. Maybe I didn't add enough love.
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