Ginger Cakes
Source of Recipe
BBR
Recipe Introduction
( a cross between gingerbread and a gingersnap)
Posted by: starshineeliz
List of Ingredients
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup cane syrup
1 Tbsp powdered ginger
2 1/2 cups self rising flour
Recipe
Preheat oven to 325
Cream together shortening and sugar until light. Beat in the egg. Beat in the cane syrup and ginger. Stir the flour into the batter to form a stiff dough. Roll with your hands into balls the size of golf balls. Place on two lightly greased baking sheets and press with your hand into thick discs.
Bake for 15 to 20 min until lightly browned on the edges. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.