I wanted to explore the horizons beyond the traditional chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin cookie. For rainy season I believe the mind, body, soul, and taste buds craves something sweet, spicy, cinnamony, and a baked good that is the perfect accompaniment to a nice warm cup of joe or hot chocolate.
Behold the soft, chewy, decadent ginger molasses cookie. By luck I found this recipe on Tastespotting, my go-to site for all wonderful recipes networked by other food blog enthusiasts and also what I like to refer to as "food porn". If you are one to feast with your eyes (which we all do to some degree) this would be the site to check out. There's also a search box where you can type in any recipe ingredient to filter out all recipes that include that ingredient! This is perfect for left over ingredients in your fridge or when trying to find what to make for the produce you found on sale but have no clue as to what you might make with it. The only thing better than checking out this site is actually eating the food itself! Maybe one day I might make a fortune for inventing taste-a-blog...forget smell-a-vision! Taste-a-blog is the future!
Linda Balsev, the author of the food blog "Taste Food" posted this recipe and by chance, I found it among 20 other ginger molasses cookie recipes. I discovered these cookies to be wonderfully textured and had the most delicious blend and balance of spices. Thick, chewy & crumbly at the same time, each cookie turned out perfect in size, texture, and flavor! In order to get each cookie consistent in size, I recommend using a 2 oz. stainless steel spring loaded ice cream scooper before balling the portioned dough in your hand and rolling them in a powdery bath of sugar.
I am still exploring the baking world, one cookie, cake, and pie at a time! The saying goes that baking is more of a science than an art, but I must beg to differ! Although ingredients may be more difficult to work with and substitute for, it is just as much an art as any other art form! Please, bake, taste, enjoy, and spread the word about these wonderful wintery treats!
as always...
made with sweet sweet love...
~Jas
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