Success is Sweet, but cookies are sweeter. This holiday season FunctionFox is sharing a few of our teams favorite holiday cookie recipes. Bring together great people this holiday, let them marinate in coffee (or liquid of choice), enjoy a cookie (or three) and let the creative genius fly.
Ginger Snaps
Pre-heat the oven to 350◦F
Ingredients:
- 4 1/2 to 5 cups sifted flour**
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup molasses
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 large egg
**using 4 1/2 cups flour will give you a softer dough that will need to be hand rolled into balls, using 5 cups of flour will create a dough that can be rolled out and cut into shapes
Directions:
sift together the flour with the spices, baking powder, and baking soda. In a saucepan combine the butter, sugar, molasses, and vinegar over low heat stirring continuously until the butter is melted and the ingredients are throughly blended. Remove from heat and allow to cool to lukewarm. Beat in the egg and slowly added in the sifted flour & spice mixture to reach desire dough consistency and either:
4 1/2 cup dough: Using a small spoon, scoop out batter and hand roll into approx. 1 inch balls and flatten using your fingers to create discs and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper (or buttered pan). Leave a bit of space as the cookies will flatten a little further. Bake for 10 minutes to create a soft cookie (they will look like they are underdone when you pull them out) and cool on racks, if you prefer a crunchier cookie add 2 - 4 mins to cook time.
5 cup dough: Roll dough on a lightly floured breadboard with rolling pin. Cut into desired shapes and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper (or buttered pan). Bake for 10 mins. Cool on rack and decorate as desired.
Old Fashion Molasses Cookies
Pre-heat the oven to 375◦F
Ingredients:
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp Baking Soda
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups molasses
- 2/3 cup soft margarine or butter
- 1/3 cup boiling water
Directions:
Mix together flour, baking soda, spices and salt. Combine molasses, margarine/butter and water in large bowl. Stir dry ingredients into liquid and blend well. Cover and chill several hours or overnight.
Turn chilled batter onto well-floured board. Using floured rolling pin, roll to 1/4 inch thickness. cut with 3 inch cookie cutter. Sprinkle with granulated sugar and place on baking sheets. Bake for about 12 minutes.
Corina's Fantabulous Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pre-heat the oven to 350◦F
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup soft (Not melted) butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (semi packed)
- 1/2 egg (use a REALLY small egg or double the batch and use one egg)
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- tons of chocolate chips (approx. 1/2 - 3/4 cup is good)
Directions:
Mix ingredients together one at a time. Drop onto greased cookie sheet in about golf sized balls (Do Not Flatten). Bake in the Oven for No More Than 8 minutes, Cookies will no look done, but when cooled will be just perfectly moist.
Whipped Shortbread
Pre-heat the oven to 350◦F
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup flour
Directions:
Whip butter and icing sugar together for 3 minutes. Stir in Vanilla. Stir in Flour. Beat for 10 minutes until it gets all fluffy (stop mixer every couple of minutes to scrape down the sides). Drop by heaping teaspoon onto a cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes, they should just begin to show a little bit of light golden brown on the underside but still be creamy white on top.