Gourmet Gals

ginger molasses cookies & pumpkin dip

i've posted our family's amazing ginger molasses cookies before--the perfect combination of crunchy, chewy, soft, salty, spicy, & sweet. my absolute fave in the fall. the next best thing to chocolate!

ginger molasses cookies:

cream:
1 1/2 c. crisco

2 c. sugar

add:
2 eggs
1/2 c. molasses

mix & add:
4 c. flour
2 t. salt
4 t. b. soda
2 t. ginger
2 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. cloves

shape in balls, roll in white sugar, bake at 375.
i like to let them stay kind of puffy and not flatten out too much.
always seem to taste better the next day!

Elin's Pumpkin Dip
[great with gingersnap cookies!]

• 1/2 big can of pumpkin
• 8 oz. of cream cheese
• 1 c. powdered sugar
• cinnamon
• ginger

Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add in p. sugar, then pumpkin & spices to taste.
[An attractive way to serve this is to carve out a small pumpkin and place the dip inside it. Serve on a festive plate with the pumpkin in the middle and the gingersnaps around it.]

Happy T Day!