Beautiful! And one of my daughters loves ginger snaps, so thanks for the recipe.

Those look great. Medical use in the future?

No good for edibles, plllog. No butter and they're giant cookies. The recipe said 30, I got 19. Might have made the balls too big. Plus, these taste amazing! No way I could eat just one.

Oh! Interesting point! Medical have to be palatable enough to tempt the suffering but not good enough to make them want to eat more than their doses. :)

I totally missed the lack of butter. I suppose that's what makes them snap, right? They look like what I think of when I think of gingersnaps, though bigger.

Did you use golden molasses? Or dark?

Thanks for posting the recipe. I think I may try making them with matzah cake meal. :)

They're more like gingerbread cookies than ginger snaps. Soft middle, probably because they're so big. I used Grandma's Molasses - dark. I would make the balls 1" or less next time.

That's the recipe I use....but without the cloves....Good cookies!

Thanks, Fawnridge.

Annie, yes, please post it! Thanks.

Here it is fawnridge, I hope you can convert it to something "usable" for medical purposes. I have a daughter and grandson who have seizures, hers is well controlled, but sometimes poor Bud has 5 or 6 a day. My 27 year old daughter had a stroke and now has migraine headaches and my brother has a form of MS. So, if anything like your product was legally available here, we'd try it in an instant. None of use are drug users or even drinkers, so no "traditional" pot brownies, etc., and no smoking of "medicinal marijuana". Some way to get the medicinal properties and not the "high" would be heartily embraced here, I can tell you.

Anyway, these are dark, chewy and very spicy. If you bake them longer, they get crunchier and all butter makes them crunchier too, so don't overbake if you want them to stay chewy at all. This makes a big batch, I always get at least 5 dozen.

Chewy Molasses Cookies

1 1/2 cups of shortening (I use half and half with butter, but all butter makes them too crispy for my taste)
1 cups granulated sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup of dark molasses
4 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
Chopped crystalized ginger, optional, to taste. I used about half a cup, finely chopped and wish I'd have used more but I love ginger
Coarse sugar or turbinado sugar for rolling

Cream the shortening and sugars. Add the molasses and eggs and mix until well blended. Sift the flour (yeah right, I don't, LOL) and measure 4 1/2 cups into a separate bowl. Add the spices, salt, and baking soda and whisk to combine. Turn the mixer to low or stir, and add the flour slowly until well mixed. Stir in the chopped ginger and chill the dough for at least an hour. (I usually don't do this either, but it is a pretty soft dough)

After the dough has chilled for an hour, roll tablespoonfuls of the dough into balls and roll the balls in the coarse sugar to completely coat. Place the dough balls about an inch apart on a greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes in a 350 degree oven.

The cookies will puff up and crack. When the cookies are done the cracks should still look a little wet, but the outside should look dry. They'll "fall" a little as they cool, let them sit a couple of minutes on the sheet before you try to move them to cooling racks.

Good luck, and keep on baking!

Annie

Thanks Annie. I don't know where you live, but there are underground networks all over the country that supply medical pot to those in need. What you are looking for to control seizures is an oil that has only CBDs. These are the non-psychoactive chemicals found in marijuana that are excellent for controlling seizures. Ask your doctor, or better yet, ask the nurses. Good luck and again, thanks for the recipe. I'll make it as soon as we come back from Jamaica.

fawnridge, I'm in Michigan. I've spent my life in law enforcement and have a son in law who is an officer, so if it's not legal in Michigan, well, I just can't, or won't.

I have told Amanda that she needs to ask Bud's neurologist about medicinal marijuana products. Bud is only 10, and medicinal marijuana is legal in Michigan but everyone I know who uses "medicinal" marijuana here just smokes it and sits around stoned. Anyway, he has an appointment in a couple of weeks, and I'm driving them there, so I'll definitely bring it up. They've tried several different medications and none of them seem to be working very well for the poor kid.

Annie