Gingerbread Cookies 350F 10 minutes
1 c margarine
1 c sugar
1 egg
1 c molasses
2 T vinegar
5 c flour (4 ½ cup flour + ½ cup flour reserved for kneading)
1-½ t baking soda
½ t salt
3 t ginger
1 t cinnamon
½ t cloves
Directions
· In large bowl, beat margarine with sugar until fluffy; beat in egg .
· Mix vinegar & molasses and stir into the above mixture.
· Stir together 4 ½ cups flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves; with wooden spoon stir in molasses mixture in 3 additions until well combined, using hands when mixture becomes too stiff to stir. (I think this is where you can use the additional ½ cup of flour.)
· Gather into ball. Divide in half; flatten into discs. Wrap each in plastic wrap; refrigerate for a least 3 hours or overnight.
· Between sheets of wax paper, roll out each portion of dough to 1/3 inch thickness. Remove top sheet of paer. Using cookie cutter, cut out desired shapes, rerolling scraps once. Transfer to lightly greased baking sheets. Freeze for 20 minutes or until firm.
· Bake in 350F oven for 10 minutes.
1 c margarine
1 c sugar
1 egg
1 c molasses
2 T vinegar
5 c flour (4 ½ cup flour + ½ cup flour reserved for kneading)
1-½ t baking soda
½ t salt
3 t ginger
1 t cinnamon
½ t cloves
Directions
· In large bowl, beat margarine with sugar until fluffy; beat in egg .
· Mix vinegar & molasses and stir into the above mixture.
· Stir together 4 ½ cups flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves; with wooden spoon stir in molasses mixture in 3 additions until well combined, using hands when mixture becomes too stiff to stir. (I think this is where you can use the additional ½ cup of flour.)
· Gather into ball. Divide in half; flatten into discs. Wrap each in plastic wrap; refrigerate for a least 3 hours or overnight.
· Between sheets of wax paper, roll out each portion of dough to 1/3 inch thickness. Remove top sheet of paer. Using cookie cutter, cut out desired shapes, rerolling scraps once. Transfer to lightly greased baking sheets. Freeze for 20 minutes or until firm.
· Bake in 350F oven for 10 minutes.