The First Cookie of the Week Blog!

I got a challenge today to start a cookie blog. Since I bake cookies every week, on Wednesdays.  This blog will be the recipes I use each week. I have a treasure trove of antique cookbooks that I am going through to experiment with the old recipes and there are some new ones. If I know where the recipe comes from I will tell you, but there are some that have just been in my recipe box forever. 
Today's cookie is a Lemon Ginger Crinkle



1 cup shortening

2 cups packed brown sugar

2 large eggs, room temperature

3 teaspoons lemon zest

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cream of tarter

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ginger

granulated sugar

crystallized lemon juice (true lemon)

Preheat oven to  350

Mix shortening and brown sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Beat in lemon zest

In another bowl, mix all the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, cream of tarter, salt and ginger) together well.

Roll into balls. I use a medium cookie scoop. Dip the tops into sugar. For a bigger lemon bite, I mix two packets of crystallized lemon juice with about 3/4 cup of sugar.

Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes. Using the medium cookie scoop it took 16 minutes

Makes about 3 dozen cookies

These cookies get even better the next day.

They also freeze and travel well.