Best 5 Ginger Cream Cookies Recipes

GINGER CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream the shortening, sugar, egg, molasses and water. Mix in the flour, salt, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake for about 8 minutes.

GINGER CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream the shortening, sugar, egg, molasses and water.
• Mix in the flour, salt, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon.
• Cover and chill for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for about 8 minutes.

GINGER CREAM MOLASSES SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and molasses.
• 2. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda and spices. Add to the butter mixture and mix well. Chill for one hour.
• 3. Preheat oven to 350 F and grease a baking tray. Roll pieces of dough into small balls (about 3/4in). Roll the balls in the turbinado sugar and place on baking trays about 2 in. apart. Bake for 8-12 minutes, 'til set but still soft. Do not overbake.
• 4. Remove from oven and cool on racks. While cookies are cooling, make cream filling: Beat together the cheese, the cream, the sugar and the vanilla just until soft peaks form(do not overbeat!).
• 5. Gently fold in the crystalized ginger.
• 6. When cookies are cool, spread bottom of one cookies with 1-2t. of filling and top with another cookie. Gently press together. Store in refrigerator (if they last longer than a day!)

SOUR CREAM GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, sugar and salt.
• Add molasses and ginger; stir in egg.
• Add sour cream and mix thoroughly.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves together and add to butter mixture.
• Refrigerate several hours.
• Drop cookie method:.
• Roll 1-2 tsp dough into ball.
• Roll in granulated sugar.
• Place on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375F for 10-15 minutes.
• Rolled/Cut cookie method:.
• Roll out on slightly floured board to about 1/2 inch thickness.
• Cut into desired shapes.
• Bake at 375F for 10-15 minutes on greased cookie sheet.

GINGER CREAM COOKIES (GRANDMA'S DATED 1924)

Steps:

• 1. COOKIES: Mix shortening, sugar, egg, molasses,and water together well. Sift dry ingredients (all remaining cookie ingredients) together and blend in. CHill dough for at least 2 -3 hours. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Drop dough by teaspoons full onto greased baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake 8-9 minutes. Cookies should have a little but almost no imprint left on them when lightly touched. Do not over bake. Remove to racks to cool a bit but frost while just a bit warm for best icing.
• 2. CREAM ICING: Blend sugar, salt, and vanilla. Add enough cream or milk to make this easy to spread. Frost warm cookies.