Correction/Clarification: (Published Feb. 15, 2002) The amounts of salt and baking soda were repeated inadvertently in Thursday's Cooking With Kids recipe for Gingerbread Cookies. The correct amounts are 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon baking soda.
Name: Jimmy Garrity
Age: 9
Parents: Jackie and Joe Garrity
Sister: Jeana, 13 months
Community: Just moved to Mars
School: Attended St. Cyril of Alexandria school and will now be in fourth grade at Adams Elementary School
Hobbies: Playing piano
Sports: Basketball and spring soccer
Favorite food to cook: Macaroni and cheese
Favorite foods to eat: Pizza
Favorite subject in school: Music
Favorite TV show: "Ed and Eddie"
Favorite books: Harry Potter series
Favorite movie: "Back to the Future"
What he wants to be when he grows up: Music teacher
Looking for a special treat for your Valentine? Try Jimmy's cutout cookies. He likes making these cookies with his mother, and they are his favorite. "My mom taught me how to cook when I was about 5," Jimmy said. "My mom's mother gave us this recipe."
Jimmy offers this tip for baking kids: "Get a parent to help with the oven." He suggests using sprinkles and icing on these cookies.
Gingerbread Cookies
1/4 cup water, boiling
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Pour the boiling water over butter. (Have a parent help you with the boiling water.)
Add the sugar and molasses and mix well.
Sift together dry ingredients and add to the butter-sugar mixture. Chill thoroughly.
Take out of refrigerator and roll out. Cut with a gingerbread man cutter and other desired shapes. Place on lightly sprayed cookie sheets.
Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven for about 10 minutes.
Makes about 4 dozen, depending on the size of the cutters.
To submit a recipe to Cooking with Kids, please send the recipe, along with the name of the child, a head shot (preferably a school picture), and a telephone number where the child can be contacted to: Cooking with Kids, Kathleen Ganster, 3142 Camberly Drive, Gibsonia, PA 15044. Questions? Call Kathleen at 724-443-1664.
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