Best 6 Joe Froggers Recipes

JOE FROGGERS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. In a small bowl, whisk molasses, hot water and rum. In another bowl, whisk the flour, salt, ginger, baking soda, cloves, nutmeg and allspice; add to creamed mixture alternately with molasses mixture, beating after each addition. Refrigerate, covered, 4 hours or until easy to handle., Preheat oven to 375°. Shape dough into 1-1/2-in. balls and place 3 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Flatten to 1/2-in. thickness with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar., Bake 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Store in airtight containers.

JOE FROGGERS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar together. Mix in molasses and water. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice in a bowl; blend into the shortening mixture. Cover and chill overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets. Roll out cookie dough 1/4 inch thick on floured surface. Cut with 3-inch cookie cutter and arrange on prepared cookie sheets. Sprinkle cookies with additional sugar (optional).
• Bake until cookies are set up and very lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes. You need to leave cookies on cookie sheet for 2 minutes after baking to keep them from breaking.

JOE FROGGERS (MOLASSES COOKIES)

Steps:

• Sift flour with salt, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and allspice.
• Combine water with rum or apple juice. Combine baking soda with molasses. Cream sortening and sugar. Add sifted dry ingredients and water-rum mixture alternately, a third at a time, blending well after each addition. Chill dough, preferably overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375* On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough 1/4-inch thick. Cut into rounds with a 4inch cutter. Place on greased baking sheets, leaving room for spreading, and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let stand on sheet a few minutes befoe removing, to prevent breaking.
• Store in a covered cookie jar.

JOE FROGGERS (MOLASSES COOKIES)

Steps:

• Mix sugar , shortening and molasses add all the rest. Refrigerate 2 hours.
• Roll 1/4 inch thick and cut with 3 inch circle cookie cutter. Place on cookie sheet and sprinkle each cookie with sugar. Bake 10-12 minutes in 375 degree oven.

JOE FROGGERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°; lightly grease (or line w/ parchment paper) 2 baking sheets.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, spices, salt, and baking soda.
• In a saucepan set over low heat, or in the microwave, melt together the butter, sugar, molasses, and rum.
• Stir the molasses mixture into the flour mixture; the dough will be wet and sticky.
• Cover and refrigerate the dough, for 30 minutes or longer; it will become quite firm.
• Using an overstuffed tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop out 2-inch balls of dough.
• Place the balls on the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2 inches between them.
• Flatten them slightly.
• Bake the cookies for 11 minutes, until they appear set (but not dark brown) around the edges.
• Remove them from the oven and transfer to a rack to cool.
• Store in airtight container as soon as they are just barely warm.

JOE FROGGERS

Steps:

• cream butter and sugar together. Sift together flour, salt, cloves, nutmeg, ginger and allspice together. Add dry ingredients to creamed ingredients. Combine molasses, baking soda, dark rum and water. Add to flour mixture and mix well. Cover and chill at leaset 2 hours. Divide dough into quarters--work with one quarter at a time. Roll onto lightly floured surface--cut into 4 inch circles--1/4'' thick. Place onto greased pans and bake for 15 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 18 giant cookies.