National Cookie Day

 

WELCOME TO THE REINDEER BAR WITH A STOP AT THE COOKIE AND MILK BAR STATION JUST IN TIME TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL COOKIE DAY

GINGERBREAD COOKIES

Cook's Notes: This recipe could also be called Molasses Spice Cookies. I combined a recipe from cookscountry.com and one from mixandmatchmama.com to arrive at a cookie that's soft in the center, crisp on the edges, and filled with a gingerbread taste of molasses and spices. Each cookie is rolled in sugar sprinkles which add an extra crunch before it is baked. Seriously, you can't stop with just one. The perfect holiday cookie to start your baking blitz. The recipe makes 24 cookies.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1-1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1-1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 3/4 teaspoon Saigon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice mix
• Sugar sprinkles
  

Directions:

• Beat brown sugar with molasses and vanilla. Mix in egg yolk.
• Sift flour, spices, and baking soda.
• Mix together wet and dry ingredients and avoid overmixing. The batter will be sticky. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until the batter is chilled and easy to work with. 
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover the baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Pour sprinkles into a small bowl.
• Form dough into 2-inch balls (golf ball size) and roll in the sprinkles to totally cover the dough ball.
• Bake for 9 minutes or 10 minutes if want cookies a little crisper.
  
  Another similar cookie is Gingerbread Snowball Crinkle Cookies
  

The recipe is found at https://sockfairies.blogspot.com/2020/12/cookie-blitz-day-four-wrap-up.html

And don't forget your glass of milk!