Gingersnap Stackers Recipes

Steps:

• With a mixer, cream together the brown sugar, butter, and salt. Add molasses and continue creaming. Combine water and baking soda in a cup. Sift together flour, ginger, and cinnamon. Add flour mixture and baking soda mixture all at once and mix until well combined. Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate until firm.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Alternatively, preheat a convection oven to 325 degrees F.
• Roll out dough on a well floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out desired shapes with cookie cutters and arrange on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle very lightly with kosher salt and generously with raw sugar. Bake for 7 minutes, rotating the cookie sheets halfway through. Cool on wire racks.

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and molasses. In another bowl, whisk together the next 6 ingredients; gradually beat into creamed mixture, and mix well. Refrigerate, covered, for at least 4 hours., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape tablespoonfuls of dough into balls; roll in additional sugar. Place 2 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets., Bake until edges are lightly browned and tops are set and starting to crack, 8-10 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease cookie sheets with shortening or cooking spray, or line with cooking parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
• In large bowl, beat brown sugar, shortening, molasses and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with a spoon, until well blended. Stir in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar.
• Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into balls. Dip tops into granulated sugar. On cookie sheets, place balls, sugared sides up, about 3 inches apart.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or just until set. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Store covered in airtight container.