Giant Ginger Cookies With Tangy Lemon Icing Recipes

Steps:

• Cookies: In a bowl, stir together the flour, spices, baking soda, salt, and pepper; set aside.
• In a bowl of stand mixer, cream butter and sugars together until smooth.
• Add egg; beat until incorporated, then beat in molasses, candied ginger, and fresh ginger.
• Gradually add flour mixture, mixing just to combine.
• Chill dough until slightly firm, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°; line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Scoop dough into 2 1/2 inch balls (use No 20 scoop or a 1/4-cup measuring cup).
• Smooth into balls, coat in turbinado sugar, and arrange on prepared baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
• Flatten balls with the bottom of a measuring cup, then bake 15-18 minutes, or until set.
• Let cookies cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
• Icing: whisk all the ingredients for the icing together until smooth; then spread a tablespoon of icing on each cookie with a spatula.
• Allow to harden before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to fan 160C/conventional 180C/gas 4. Butter and line an 18cm round, 7cm deep cake tin with greaseproof or parchment paper.
• Put the flour, bicarbonate of soda and all the spices into a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and rub it into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Put the sugar, treacle, syrup and milk in a medium saucepan and heat, gently stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Turn up the heat and bring the mixture to just below boiling point.
• Add the stem ginger to the flour mixture, then pour in the treacle mixture, stirring as you go with a wooden spoon. Break in the egg and beat until all the mixture is combined and it resembles a thick pancake batter. Pour this into prepared tin and bake for 50 minutes-1 hour, until a skewer pushed into the centre of the cake comes out fairly clean. Leave to cool completely in tin before turning cake out. (To freeze: wrap in greaseproof paper, then in cling film. Freeze for up to 1 month.)
• To make the icing, mix together icing sugar and lemon zest, then gradually add lemon juice until you have a smooth, slightly runny icing, adding more juice, if needed. Drizzle icing in a zig-zag pattern over surface of cake, turn cake around and drizzle again to create the cross-hatched finish.
• Cake keeps for up to 2 weeks stored in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Grease a 19cm x 30cm lamington pan. Line base of pan with baking paper.
• Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Beat in apricot jam. Transfer mixture to a large bowl.
• Stir cake crumbs into egg mixture until combined,stir in flour, coconut, mixed spice and milk, in two batches. Spread mixture into prepared pan.
• Cook in a moderate oven (180C) for about 30 minutes, or until cooked when tested. Stand for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
• Lemon Icing ~
• Beat butter and lemon rind until pale in colour. Gradually beat in icing sugar mixture, and beat until smooth.
• Spread lemon icing over cold slice. Sprinkle with extra mixed spice before cutting into squares.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses. Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut sized balls, and roll them in the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and flatten slightly.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• In medium bowl stir together first 6 ingredients and set aside.
• In large mixing bowl beat shortening on low speed for 30 seconds.
• Add sugar and beat until combined.
• Beat in eggs and molasses until combined.
• Mix in reserved flour and spice mixture until combined.
• Shape dough into 2 inch balls, (or you can measure with a #20 ice cream scoop).
• Roll balls in the coarse sugar.
• Place 2-1/2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350°F for 12-14 minutes or until cookies are light brown and puffed -- do not overbake!
• Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• In a saucepan, melt the butter along with the sugar, syrup, molasses, ginger, and cinnamon. Off the heat, add the milk, eggs, and baking soda in its water.
• Measure the flour out into a bowl and pour in the liquid ingredients, beating until very well mixed (it will be a very liquid batter). Pour it into the pan and bake for 3/4 - 1 hour until risen and firm. Be careful not to overcook it, as it is nicer a little stickier, and anyway it will carry on cooking as it cools.
• And when it is cool, get on with the icing. Whisk the lemon juice into the confectioners' sugar first, then gradually add the water. You want a good, thick icing, so go cautiously and be prepared not to add all the water. Spread over the cooled gingerbread with a palette knife, and leave to set before cutting.

Steps:

• Beat together eggs, oil and sugar. Stir in salt, baking powder and flour, but do not overmix!
• Pour 1/2 the mixture into a well greased and floured loaf pan.
• Spread blueberry jam (or any other type of jam. I've also used baby food and cranberry sauce for this) over batter.
• Top with remaining batter, and bake at 350°F until a toothpick can be inserted and withdrawn cleanly.
• Allow to rest for 5 minutes; meanwhile:.
• Mix powdered sugar and lemon juice and beat until smooth.
• Remove cake from pan, and pour icing over to top.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• place all ingredients in a bowl and mix until smooth.
• if the icing is too thick/dry, add more corn syrup until the consistency is to your liking.