Comments on: Bettie Landis’ Gingerbread Cookies

By: auntie sal

auntie sal — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:32:32 +0000

Laura,
They last for years! I had a friend I gave one to for Christmas and she saved it for 10 years before her son (who wasn’t even born when I gave it to her) found it and ate it one day. He survived.
auntie Sal

By: auntie sal

auntie sal — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:11:25 +0000

THE TORCH HAS BEEN PASSED!!!!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:42:55 +0000

I made these this morning while rocking out to Christmas music. YUM! Thank you for sharing your gran’s recipe. I split it in half as you suggested and it made something like 4 or 5 dozen cookies. They were mostly smaller cookies. I’m using them to make a tree out of gingerbread cookies that I saw on another blog (http://dreamingofwinter.blogspot.com/2009/12/gingerbread-christmas-tree.html).

Oh…a fun tip…I didn’t have quite enough molasses, so I used an even ratio of molasses to pancake syrup to karo syrup, and used dark brown sugar to compensate for the color. These came out great. The flavor is definitely gingerbread, but it doesn’t sock you in the face.

Again…thank you :) May your Christmas be blessed!

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:13:51 +0000

They look really wonderful! You did a beautiful job. I wish I had the patience.

By: Brooke Landis

Brooke Landis — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:38:50 +0000

You know, for years the recipe also left out the ginger!! I have one of her handwritten ones and it isnt in there. I dont know if her cookies ever looked as good as yours! Pretty good for just starting! Now you need to come out here and do it with me and my kids! Imagine Betty trying to do it with 4 kids!! That is why her directions leave things out, she was constantly interrupted…

I know it is tempting the fates, but I have been tweaking the recipe to make it taste better. These were always great to decorate and leave out for 3 weeks… but I want one that I want to eat as well as look at. Have been researching Swedish Pepparkakor recipes which are really spicy and thin and crisp. I’ll let you know when I find a good one! (at least the Palmgren side of my fam is Swedish…there is some tradition)