Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup cake flour
- 1/2 cup bread flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Extra sugar, to coat cookies
- Bacon Caramel Semifreddo, for serving, recipe follows
- Cooked bacon, crumbled, for serving
Directions
Cream together the sugar and butter in a bowl. Add the molasses and egg and mix until thoroughly combined.
In a medium bowl, add the cake flour, bread flour, baking soda, salt and spices and whisk together. Pour into the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
Scoop the dough onto a sheet of plastic wrap and form a log. Refrigerate and chill the dough for at least 1 hour.
While the dough is chilling, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator and form into golf ball-size balls. Roll in the sugar to coat and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 4 minutes, then rotate the cookie sheet and then bake for another 4 to 5 minutes. Remove the baked cookies from the oven and cool.
Use a 4-inch ring cutter to cut out rings of the Bacon Caramel Semifreddo and place on a cookie. Then add the crumbled bacon and sandwich with another cookie to make ice cream sandwiches.
Cook's Note: You can always substitute regular caramel ice cream instead of the semifreddo.
A viewer or guest of the show, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.
Bacon Caramel Semifreddo:
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 8 eggs, separated
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup rendered bacon fat
In a large bowl, whip the heavy cream to stiff peaks. Set aside to chill in the fridge. Using an electric mixer, whip the egg whites on low until frothy. Increase the speed to medium and slowly add 3/4 cup of sugar. Whip to stiff, glossy peaks.
Meanwhile, begin whipping the egg yolks on medium speed. Slowly add the bacon fat as the yolks begin to increase in volume. In a small saucepot, bring the remaining sugar and 1/2 cup water to a boil over medium-high heat. Allow the sugar mixture to cook until it reaches 245 degrees F. Remove the sugar from the heat and slowly stream to combine with the whipped yolk mixture. Whip the yolks mixture until it triples in volume and cools completely.
Once all three mixtures are prepared fold one-third meringue into the yolk mixture. Then gently fold the yolk mixture back into the remaining meringue in two equal additions. Just before it is completely combined, begin to fold in the whipped cream. Continue to gently fold together until completely incorporated. Spread evenly into a 17-by-12-inch jelly-roll pan. Place in the freezer until firm.
Food Network Kitchens suggest caution in consuming raw and lightly-cooked eggs due to the risk of Salmonella or other food-borne illness. To reduce this risk, we recommend you use only fresh, properly-refrigerated, clean, grade A or AA eggs with intact shells, and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell. For recipes that call for eggs that are raw or undercooked when the dish is served use shell eggs that have been treated to destroy Salmonella, by pasteurization or another approved method.
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By charlakay
on April 04, 2013
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FOOD NETWORK, please post a correction for this recipe! Pacalcan, your bulk flour is not at fault. I thought the flour measurements were wrong before I made these cookies today but I wrote down the recipe from this week's rerun of the episode, which I recorded, and checked it against the recipe here and the flour amounts were the same so I just went for it, following the recipe precisely. I got the exact same results as pacalcan: a delicious mess of chewy, caramelized ginger leather, which spread all over the cookie sheet and threatened to overflow into the bottom of the oven. I then added 1/2 cup all-purpose flour to the remaining two-thirds of the dough . . . and ended up with delicious & gorgeous cookies. Is there a "1" missing from one of the flour measurements?? I'm addicted to ginger molasses cookies and have been searching for the perfect recipe. Many thanks in advance for posting a fix for Kevin Gillespie's grandma's divine-tasting recipe!
By pacalcan
Bethlehem, PA
on October 06, 2012
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I'm hesitant to rate this as my one attempt thus far was a HUGE waste. I'll say, too, my only goal was for the cookie recipe itself. I wish I had watched the episode more closely thinking maybe the ingredients listed here are wrong. However, after doing some online research, I'm convinced I got incorrectly labeled flour(s. I bought at a bulk store to save myself some money and cabinet space on rarely used flours but it was a total loss in the end. My result was not cookies but a liquified mass spread on my cookie sheet! I'm so disappointed but will definitely give it another try as I'm determined to make a chewy cookie without shortening. Once solidified, the pieces I pulled off tasted very delicious, and the chewy factor was definitely there! I adjusted the spices a bit to my taste.
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