Make charming gingerbread cookies with these vintage recipes from the 1950s - Click Americana (2024)

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 egg
• 4-1/2 to 5 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Put butter or margarine and sugar in a large bowl.
2. Heat molasses in a small saucepan to boiling; pour over butter and sugar; add vinegar; stir until well blended.
3. Set aside to cool. When cool, add egg. Sift dry ingredients together; stir into liquid; mix well. Chill overnight.
4. Roll out on well-floured pastry cloth or board to 1/2-inch thickness; cut with floured, shaped cookie cutters. Place on greased cookie sheets; brush with cold water.
5. Bake in moderate oven (350 F) 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on wire cake racks.
6. Decorate cooled cookies with frosting made by combining 1 cup sifted confectioners' (powdered) sugar and about 2 tablespoons of water until of consistency to put through a pastry tube.

Notes

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Click Americana offers approximate nutrition information as a general reference only, and we make no warranties regarding its accuracy. Please make any necessary calculations based on the actual ingredients used in your recipe, and consult with a qualified healthcare professional if you have dietary concerns.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup soft shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1-1/2 cups black molasses
• 1/2 cold water
• 6 cups sifted flour
• 1-1/4 teaspoons salt, seperated
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda dissolved in 3 tablespoons cold water
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• Milk or water
• Food coloring

Instructions

1. Combine shortening, sugar, and molasses. Mix thoroughly.
2. Stir in 1/2 cup cold water.
3. Sift flour with 1 teaspoon salt, allspice, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon, and stir into the shortening mixture.
4. Stir in soda dissolved in cold water.
5. Chill dough.
6. Roll out very thick -- about 1/2-inch thick. Cut with a 2-1/2-inch round cutter.
7. Place far apart on a lightly greased baking sheet.
8. Bake in moderate oven (350 F) 15 to 18 minutes, or until when touched lightly with a finger, no imprint remains.
9. To make the simple icing, blend together confectioners' sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, vanilla, and enough milk or water to thin to the desired consistency.

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Click Americana offers approximate nutrition information as a general reference only, and we make no warranties regarding its accuracy. Please make any necessary calculations based on the actual ingredients used in your recipe, and consult with a qualified healthcare professional if you have dietary concerns.