Joe Froggers Recipe

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Ingredients
13
Count
Nutrition
229
Calories
Total time
1455
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 4 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp ginger
  • 3/4 tsp clove
  • 3/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp mace
  • 1/4 tsp allspice
  • 1 tsp finely ground black pepper (optional)
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup mixed water (amounts can vary to your taste, or use all of any 1, or try 1 tbsp instant coffee dissolved) or 1/3 cup coffee (amounts can vary to your taste, or use all of any 1, or try 1 tbsp instant coffee dissolved) or 1/3 cup dark rum (amounts can vary to your taste, or use all of any 1, or try 1 tbsp instant coffee dissolved)

Directions:

  1. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, mace, allspice and optional black pepper.
  2. Set aside.
  3. In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter until it softens.
  4. Add the sugar and beat to mix.
  5. Beat in the molasses.
  6. Then, on low speed, add about half of the dry ingredients, scraping the bowl as necessary with a rubber spatula and beating until mixed.
  7. Beat in the water or coffee and rum, and then the remaining dry ingredients.
  8. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or foil and refrigerate until it is firm enough to be handled.
  9. Then divide into thirds and wrap each piece in plastic wrap: refrigerate overnight.
  10. When you are ready to bake, adjust a rack to the center of the oven and preheat to 375°F.
  11. Cut aluminum foil to fit cookie sheets, and place on sheets.
  12. Flour a pastry cloth and a rolling pin, using more rather than less flour.
  13. Unwrap one of the packages of dough and place it on the cloth.
  14. Pound it a bit with the rolling pin to soften it slightly.
  15. Turn it over to flour both sides.
  16. Work very quickly because the dough will become sticky and unmanageable if it softens too much.
  17. Roll out in all directions until the dough is 1/4-inch thick.
  18. Quickly cut with a floured 5-inch round cutter.
  19. Use a wide metal spatula to transfer the cookies to the foil.
  20. Quickly and carefully place them about 1 inch apart on the foil, about 4 per sheet.
  21. Press scraps together and re chill (freezer is O. K.), the re roll and cut.
  22. Bake one sheet at a time for 13-15 minutes, reversing the sheet from front to back during baking, to ensure even baking.
  23. Watch these very carefully- they must not burn even a bit on the bottoms or it will spoil the taste.
  24. If they seem to be browning too much on the bottoms, be prepared to slide an extra cookie sheet under the one that is baking.
  25. Or raise the rack slightly higher in the oven (but I have found that if I bake these higher, they crack. It is only minor, but it does not happen when they are baked on the middle rack- that is why I only bake these one sheet at a time).
  26. Be very careful not to over bake these cookies.
  27. They will become firmer as they cool, and they should remain a bit soft and chewy in the middle.
  28. If you use a smaller cookie cutter, the cookies will probably bake in slightly less time.
  29. Slide the foil off the sheet and let stand for a few minutes (meanwhile, slide the cookie sheet under another piece of foil with cookies on it and place in oven).
  30. Use a wide metal spatula to transfer the cookies to a rack to cool.
  31. Since these are so large, if the rack is not raised enough (at least 1/2 inch or more), place the rack on any right-side up bowl or pan to make room for more air to circulate underneath.
  32. When completely cool, store these airtight.
  33. I wrap them, two to three a package, bottoms together, in clear cellophane.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 229.39 Kcal (960 kJ)
Calories from fat 65.24 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.25g 11%
Cholesterol 18.29mg 6%
Sodium 161.33mg 7%
Potassium 285.26mg 6%
Total Carbs 38.43g 13%
Sugars 17.48g 70%
Dietary Fiber 0.92g 4%
Protein 2.86g 6%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 1.1mg 6%
Calcium 42.6mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 367.98 Kcal (1541 kJ)
Calories from fat 104.66 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.63g 11%
Cholesterol 29.33mg 6%
Sodium 258.8mg 7%
Potassium 457.6mg 6%
Total Carbs 61.64g 13%
Sugars 28.04g 70%
Dietary Fiber 1.47g 4%
Protein 4.59g 6%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 1.8mg 6%
Calcium 68.3mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 5
    Points
  • 6
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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