Grandma Dewey's Lumberjack Cookies
Photo Credit: Cookies
in the Public Domain.
Baking Cookies with Grandma Dewey
Grandma Dewey taught us how to make Lumberjack Cookies
Photo Credit: Baking Lumberjack Cookies
is in the Public Domain
Cookie Table of Contents
- Baking Cookies with Grandma Dewey
- Grandma Dewey's Lumberjack Cookie Recipe
- Scrape the Bowl and Lick the Spoon
- Sugar and Molasses for the Cookies
- Don't Burn the Cookies
- Books to read while the cookies bake:
- Lumberjack Cookie Unit Study
- Grandma Dewey Baked the Best Lumberjack Cookies
- Grandma Dewey Was a Teacher
- The Lumberjack Cookies come out of the oven.
- Who Stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
- Lumberjack Cookie Search
- Vermont State Grange
- Let's Do some Cooking!
- Evelyn's Hands-on Learning Blog
- Guestbook
- About the Author of this Lumberjack Cookie Lens
Grandma Dewey's Lumberjack Cookie Recipe
Photo Credit: Baking Lumberjack Cookies
is in the Public Domain
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup molasses
1 egg
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ginger
1. Cream sugar and butter. Add molasses and egg. Add dry ingredients.
2. Put 1/4 cup of sugar in a bowl.then pinch off blobs and shape into balls.
3. Roll in sugar and arrange the cookies on the cookie sheet.
Bake for 12-15 minutes in a pre-heated 350 degree oven. Remove to a rack immediately to prevent sticking.
Scrape the Bowl and Lick the Spoon
A Bowl and Spoon for Mixing the Lumberjack Cookies
Grandma taught me to cream the butter. Creaming makes the butter soft and thus it is easier to add the other ingredients.Grammy always used a Stoneware bowl and a large serving spoon for mixing her cookies. Her spoons were made of silver and needed polishing several times a year. She always made sure not to leave egg on them as egg tarnishes silver.
I prefer stainless serving spoons because I don't have to worry about them tarnishing and I worry that wooden spoons will harbor germs.
Photo Credit: Mixing Dough
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
BOWL SET (SET OF 3) (Blue)
Lead free, microwave, oven, and dishwasher safe stoneware mixing bowls come in light blue, dark blue, red, and green..
Amazon Price: $49.95 (as of 11/11/2009) 
Dansk Classique Stainless-Steel Serving Spoon
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Sugar and Molasses for the Cookies
Molasses works with Baking Soda Make the Cookies Rise
Grandma Dewey taught me that Baking Soda works with the Molasses to make the cookies rise. If you need to substitute molasses for another type of sugar you must add a teaspoon of vinegar, lemon juice or other acid to make the baking soda work.
Photo Credit: Grab a Blob of cookie Dough
Billington's Natural Milled Golden Cane Sugar, 16-Ounce Bags (Pack of 10)
All natural sugar. Billington's Milled Golden Cane Sugar is the natural alternative to white sugar.
Amazon Price: $23.33 (as of 11/11/2009)
Grandma's Molasses All Natural, Unsulphured - 12oz
Grandma's Original Molasses (Gold Label) is the original, high purity, unprocessed cane juice without any sugar extraction.
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Flour, All Purpose, Unbleached, 1 lb.
Unbleached and Unbromated flour.
Amazon Price: $1.69 (as of 11/11/2009)
Arm and Hammer Pure Baking Soda 16oz
Amazon Price: $1.09 (as of 11/11/2009)
Don't Burn the Cookies
The Very Best Cookie Insulated Sheets
Boy in Chef's Hat Baking Cookies
Richmond, Nancy
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Have you ever burned your cookies? That used to happen to me often until I discovered a new type of cookie sheet. These cookie sheets have an insulating layer of air between two layers of metal. That is just enough cushion for keeping the bottoms of the cookies from burning while allowing the top of the cookies to fully bake.
Remember when washing a cookie sheet not to immerse these double layered cookie sheets in water or you will have water trapped between the layers. My other tip for cleaning cookies sheets is to wash them just as soon as you take the cookies off the sheet. If they are still too stuck on, lay a wet washcloth on the stuck on part for a while to soften it up and it will clean easily.
Books to read while the cookies bake:
Photo Credit: Reading While the Cookies Bake
is in the Public Domain
Jake Baked the Cake (Picture Puffins)
Talks of all the people and what they do to help prepare for a wedding but the central character in the story is Jake who bakes the wedding cake.
Predictable and repeatitive in a fun way that helps children learn to read.
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/11/2009)
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
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Gingerbread Baby
by Jan Brett
You can't beat the illustrations of this twist on a classic tale of the run away gingerbread boy.
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 11/11/2009)
THE DOORBELL RANG BIG BOOK
Practice your math skills as more and more people show up at the door to share the cookies.
Amazon Price: (as of 11/11/2009)
Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? (Playtime Rhymes)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 11/11/2009)
Lumberjack Cookie Unit Study
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Grandma Dewey Baked the Best Lumberjack Cookies
Grandma Dewey Taught me how to make Lumberjack Cookies
Photo Credit: Family Photo Grandma Dewey
at the time that she first started helping me learn to cook.
After graduating from college I had the privilege of living with Grammy for a few months. She taught me much of what I know about baking. Of course, I had been cooking and baking since I was a small child but Grammy knew the science of baking that I had only tried to learn from trial and error.
I wondered why recipes asked you to sift the flour. I had come to the conclusion that it was because long ago there were lumps or parts of chaff left in the flour and that that needed to be sifted out. Maybe because she had been a teacher, Grammy was always very supportive of my ideas but knew how to correct these false assumptions with fun experiments to see the real reason behind methods such as sifting.
She asked me to measure the two cups of flour for the Lumberjack Cookies without sifting and weigh it. Then sift the flour and gently spoon the sifted flour into the measuring cup to measure out 2 cups and weigh that. It was amazing the difference. Sifted flour it turns out, takes up much less space and weighs less. My cookies weren't coming out well because I was not measuring correctly.
This is the recipe that Grammy used for Lumberjack Cookies. It is one of my favorites.
Grandma Dewey Was a Teacher
Grandma Dewey Taught in a One Room Schoolhouse
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Teachers Who Teach from the Heart
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The Lumberjack Cookies come out of the oven.
Photo Credit: Cookies
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
The cookies will be a little soft but shouldn't leave a depression when touched lightly. They will finish cooking as they cool off.
Immediately remove the cookies from the cookie sheet and place them on a wire rack to cool.
Grandma Dewey taught me that putting them on the rack lets the steam out so that the cookies stay crisp on the bottom. I found from my own experience that if you just pile them on a plate they will all stick together and make a mess.
Who Stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
Cookie Detective time.
Photo Credit: Who Stole the cookie from the cookie jar
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Did you notice that there seems to be a cookie missing? What do you think happened to it? Give us your most creative reason and then be sure to twitter it so that other get a chance to read your response too!
What happened to the missing cookie?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byIt was eaten by...
groovyoldlady says:
It is obvious that your grandmother's kitchen has been invaded by sugar aliens. I have met them before. They invaded my home and then used their evil powers to FORCE me to make (and eat) homemade donuts. They even forced my children to consume those fat and sugar laden baked goods! Then they took the rest of the sweets back to "thier leader". I assume the missing cookie was the result of an alien taste test.
Did they come back for the rest? Or did they force your poor family to eat the remainders?
Posted May 11, 2009
It was spirited away when _________ wasn't looking.
ArtByLinda says:
I don't know (licking crumbs from my lips)...who stole the cookie? LOL
Posted August 12, 2009
CCGAL says:
It was spirited away when cookie monster was busy checking Twitter.
Posted June 27, 2009
Lumberjack Cookie Search
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Vermont State Grange
Gramdma Dewey was a member and president of the Wardsboro Grange.
Photo Credit: Vermont State Grange
he National Grange is the nation's oldest national agricultural organization, with grassroots units established in 3,600 local communities in 37 states.
Its 300,000 members provide service to agriculture and rural areas on a wide variety of issues, including economic development, education, family endeavors, and legislation designed to assure a strong and viable Rural America.
It was formed in the years following the American Civil War to unite private citizens in improving the economic and social position of the nation's farm population. Over the past 142 years, it has evolved to include non-farm rural families and communities.
- Vermont State Grange Baking Contest 2009
- 4 Biscuits on a plate for judging
This is to be judged at State Grange Session October 2009
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If you've never tried Gramma Dewey's Lumberjack Cookies you are in for a treat! Gather your children or grandchildren around the kitchen table and whip up a batch and don't forget to come back and tell us all about it.
mitchking wrote...
These sound delicious! Thanks for not only sharing your recipe but a favorite memory as well.
Posted November 11, 2009
Artemus-Gordon wrote...
These sound like some amazing cookies! I will try and make them this weekend with the kids.
Posted November 05, 2009
slotowngal wrote...
What an adorable cookie lens! Just sent it to my daughter at college, who has already become known as the 'cookie queen' around her apartment building. I hope she will give your Lumberjack Cookies a whirl! 5 Stars...
Posted September 09, 2009
ElizabethJeanAllen wrote...
Looks like a lot of fun!
Thanks for sharing.
Lizzy
Posted August 11, 2009
CCGAL wrote...
I have been a Grange member all the way to the 5th degree - but Texas, for some unknown reason, doesn't HAVE any Grange representation. Go figure.
Loved the cookie recipe - can't wait to make some.
Posted June 27, 2009
annetteghallowell wrote...
Aw, now I am feeling like I need to make cookies with my daughter.....who is 19!
Posted June 02, 2009
K_Linda wrote...
Yum, my mom taught me to bake cookies too! They were the best! 5*
Posted May 31, 2009
Intuitive wrote...
Looks like a manageable and yummy recipe for summer baking. :) -drools- 5*
Posted May 23, 2009
KimGiancaterino wrote...
C'mon Evelyn... we all know you ate that cookie! Squid Angel Blessings to you (with sugar on top).
Posted May 20, 2009
enslavedbyfaeries wrote...
These remind me of a recipe my mom used to make. I may have to make some now that you've tempted my taste buds! Yum. :)
Posted May 18, 2009
lakeerieartists wrote...
This recipe is similar to one I learned from an old boss of mine. He is probably the one who ate the cookie.
Posted May 12, 2009
Joan4 wrote...
Yummy! I could almost smell the ginger as I read! Super graphics, too! Blessed by the Joyful Angel!
Posted May 10, 2009
KarateKatGraphics wrote...
This is so nicely done. These cookies would be delish with a warm drink for the holidays...or anytime, let's face it :)
Posted May 07, 2009
Wysiwigs wrote...
These look delicious! I am wondering, however, where that missing cookie went (I know I sure didn't get it :o/ Great job.
Posted May 07, 2009
About the Author of this Lumberjack Cookie Lens
Evelyn's Hands-On Learning Blog.Find out what I'm up to when I'm not baking Lumberjack Cookies:
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My passion is teaching and finding ways to teach children in fun, hands-on, creative ways. The unit studies I make on Squidoo reflect my view that learning should be integrated and no skills should be taught in isolation. I believe that each topic s...
