Ingredients
6 cup flour
1 tbsp baking soda
1 tbsp ginger
1 tsp clove
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup crisco
1 cup molasses
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
Directions
Mix flour, soda, spices and salt. Beat shortening, molasses, sugar,
water, egg and vanilla until well blended. Gradually beat in flour
mixture. Will be soft. Divide into fourths. Pat each 1/4 into 1"
thick round. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 3 hours or up
to 1 week. Roll on lightly floured surface to 1/8" thick, cut with
ginermen cutters and bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Cool
slightly on cookie sheet, then transfer to wire racks to cool
completely. Decorate with Royal Icing.
Servings: 24 servings
Christmas Ginger Cookies Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Christmas; Cookie; Holiday
The History of Recipes
We are able to read the history of meal recipes way back into history, certainly as far into history as pharonic Egypt, and maybe even further. However, in the main part, these ancient cook books were just very simple pictorial recipes for meal preparation.
As we move into The time of the romans around 25BC a roman called Apicius compiled a collection of scripts describing recipes cooked by the Romans. He describes how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into appetizers, main meal and desserts, something that is very familiar to us today. This early Roman chef recounts how the Romans were skilled in the use of a wide range of aromatic flavours, including a few you will know like thyme, fennel and parsley. During the next few centuries, the rich and powerful families of Europe competed with each other to lay on the most extravagent meals, and because of this chefs and their collection of recipes were greatly in demand. Nevertheless, it was during the 19th century the formal cooking and recipe publications became popular. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, devoted much of their lives to assembling, trying out, and publishing recipes to allow everyone to enjoy them. By the advent of the 20th century, cookery publications are in high demand, as a result of higher levels of literacy, leisure time and having more money. |
We hope you enjoy this Christmas Ginger Cookies recipe.
