I’ll tell you a secret…I don’t particularly like the taste of turnips…
but I couldn’t resist them in the market today…
Could you imagine this color on a silk scarf, a wall, or
on a little French macaroon…
Here a tremulous Japanese anemone peers over the fennel bulb…
Sometimes I light this candle when I’m doing the dishes…
It smells like you are at the top of a ladder in the bower of a fig tree
and makes a ceremony out of a chore.
Ginger Spice Cookies
2 cups all purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chopped crystallized ginger
1 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable shortening, room temperature
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 large egg
1/4 cup mild-flavored (light) molasses
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Turbinado or raw sugar
Combine first 6 ingredients in medium bowl; whisk to blend. Mix in crystallized ginger. Beat brown sugar,
shortening and butter in large bowl until fluffy. Add egg and molasses and beat until blended. Add flour
mixture and mix just until blended. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly butter
2 baking sheets. Spoon raw sugar in thick layer onto small plate. Using wet hands, form dough into
1 1/4-inch balls; roll in sugar to coat completely. Place balls on prepared sheets, spacing 2 inches apart.
Bake cookies until cracked on top but still soft to touch, about 12 minutes. Cool on sheets 1 minute.
Transfer to racks and cool. Store airtight at room temperature.
Perfect with a spicy cinnamon orange tea…
or a tall glass of milk
Simple joys.
Tags: Molasses ginger cookies
November 24, 2009 at 7:13 am |
What time is tea?
November 24, 2009 at 10:29 am |
Oh…how I wish! How fast can you get here?!
November 24, 2009 at 7:48 am |
Hi, love your blog, just added you to my blogroll and just subscribed. I couldn’t find a way to email you so I’m leaving a message here. If you’d add me to your blogroll, that would be great. Maybe you’ll subscribe to my blog as well. Thanks and best wishes! Julie
November 24, 2009 at 10:31 am |
Merci Julie! Love visiting Provence in your blog!
November 24, 2009 at 8:00 am |
The turnips are pretty aren’t they? I like the way you invited them to a tea party it made me feel more at ease.
I loved this post.
Lee
November 24, 2009 at 10:33 am |
Turnips are convivial, aren’t they?
November 24, 2009 at 1:40 pm |
I would sit among these beautiful turnips and your roses anytime for tea and cookies with you! Wonderful still-life.
~jermaine~
November 24, 2009 at 3:12 pm |
Hi Jermaine…don’t you think we need to take this blogging thing on the road?
November 24, 2009 at 2:13 pm |
….fantastic….a cup of tea…whit bloggers friends….¡¡¡¡ very nice atmosphere¡¡¡¡ Berta
November 24, 2009 at 3:40 pm |
With my tea in hand I feel at home.
Happy Family gatherings to all : )
November 24, 2009 at 3:40 pm |
Lovely photos as usual. I, too, was not a fan of turnips until we held a harvest dinner fund raiser with produce donated by local farmers. The turnips fresh from the ground were served as crudites bypassing the cooking process with its off-putting smells! They were crisp, faintly sweet and delicious with dips. Just saying give turnips a chance!
November 24, 2009 at 7:34 pm |
Hi HBD…thanks for standing up for the pretty but misunderstood turnip! Don’t know how many trucks away from from the farm these are, so will roast with yams and try again.
November 24, 2009 at 5:56 pm |
..”.at the top of a ladder in the bower of a fig tree and makes a ceremony out of a chore”…such eloquent writing and imagery! wonderful post Trish!
November 25, 2009 at 4:43 am |
vegetables best in still life-especially turnips. beautiful. la
November 25, 2009 at 6:13 am |
You always have the prettiest pictures! I love the colors! I just remembered that I have a super soft pashima in lavender that is very close to that color if not exactly the same. I should hold it up to the picture to see… The cups and saucers are so pretty and the cookies look delicious!