Last year we were treated to GG's Giant Ginger Cookies at Christmastime. It was a wonderful treat each day to pull out a big cookie from the tin in Florida. This year, we're missing the pool and GG's cookies. At Panera the other day Mia was shocked when her gingerbread man tasted like GG's cookies. I decided it was time to pull out the recipe card and give them a try myself. A huge molasses fan myself, I'm glad we did!
I think the kids were worried and a bit skeptical as we whipped the sugar into the shortening. They sure weren't looking like GG's cookies yet!
I was lucky to have such great taste testers. They were even willing to try the sugar to make sure it was still good. Phew!
Finally, when the dough was starting to look a little more like GG's, the actually believed we were making the same cookies. Ben lost interest at about this point, so I now only had one taste tester to rely on. Poor Mia. :)
They DID taste like GG's! We did need to call GG quickly to double check that we were following the baking directions correctly, which we were. My helper was an excellent sugar sprinkler and beater licker. I was lucky she stuck around.
Yum.
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ReplyDeleteI want a cookie!
ReplyDeletePS She is just to cute for her own good!