Ginger Cookies

4 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ground cloves

2 tsp ginger

1 tsp salt

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup molasses

1 cup oil

Sugar for rolling

Mix everything, except sugar for rolling. Roll into small balls and roll balls in sugar. Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes.

-Sharee Page

Gingerbread Cookies

It is the season for delicious baked goods and one of my favorite is gingerbread. We make lots of these at our house this time of the year, so I thought I would share it with you!


1 cup shortening
1 cup molasses

2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup hot water

1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. salt
5-6 cups flour

Bring to a boil: 1 cup shortening
1 cup molasses

Boil for 1 minute then take off heat. Dissolve 2 tsp. soda in 1/2 cup hot water. Add to molasses mixture (this will bubble to DOUBLE it's size). Add soda mixture to 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. ginger, 1/4 tsp. clove, and 1 tsp. salt. To this add 5-6 cups sifted flour. The dough should be soft-firm but not stiff.

Roll to 1/4" thickness for cookies. Cut out and add a raisin or two for buttons if desired. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes on a non-stick sprayed cookie sheet. Let cool and decorate!

Roll to 1/8" thickness for ginger bread houses on a cookie sheet and cute into desired shapes. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Use Royal icing for gingerbread houses.

Hope you enjoy! Merry Christmas - Sarah Halterman

Cookies

Today we had a great mid-day activity. It was the bow exchange, I think we all learned so much from each other. There is so much talent in the ward, it is great to have people share them with us. For the activity I made some no-bake cookies and chocolate chip cookies and thought I might as well share them with everyone else on here.

No-Bake Cookies

1 cube of butter
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup cocoa

1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
3 1/2 cups oats

~Combine first 5 ingredients in a sauce pan, bring to a boil for 1 min stirring constantly. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla, take off heat. Pour this mixture over the oats and mix until coated. drop small spoon fulls on waxed paper to cool. Then enjoy!


Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs beaten
2 TBS hot water
2 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
chocolate chips

~Preheat oven to 375. Cream shortening, butter and sugars; add eggs, water, vanilla and beat well. Add flour, soda and salt to mixture. Add chocolate chips. Bake for 10 min until light brown.
These cookies are moist, and chewy. I have tried many different chocolate chip cookie recipes and this one I think I like the most. If anyone has a really good one they like please post it, I would love to try something new.

Heather Sorenson

Sugar Cookies and Cream Cheese Frosting

Here's a fun sugar cookie recipe. I love soft sugar cookies and this recipe isn't too hard. I don't claim that they are good for you, but they sure taste good :-) Amber Koecher

Ingredients

1 c. butter

1 1/2 c. sugar

1 egg

1 c. sour cream

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

4 1/2 c. flour

1 tsp vanilla

Directions

Cream butter, add sugar and egg. Add sour cream, dry ingredients and vanilla. Mix together well. Roll until about 1/2" thick. Cut out and back on an ungreased cookie sheet at 350 for 10-12 minutes until barely brown on the bottom.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese

1/2 c. butter

1 lb powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Beat ingredients together well. Use to frost cooled cookies.