Just because you are on the road doesn’t mean you have to ignore your sweet tooth. Who doesn’t love homemade cookies? These giant ginger cookies turn out soft and chewy and keep for an extended time in an airtight container. And yes, these bake beautifully in an RV Convection/Microwave oven. Get a small 8½-inch by 6½-inch cookie sheet at Camping World, some non-stick parchment baking paper and pull together the following ingredients for a dozen delicious cookies:
2¼ cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons ginger
1 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon salt
¾ cups coconut oil or butter flavored shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
¼ cup molasses
In medium bowl combine flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Set aside. In large bowl combine coconut oil and sugar with mixer or use the dough blade and the largest bowl of your food processor if you carry one in your RV. Alternatively, with neither on hand, stir with a large spoon until well combined. Beat in eggs and molasses until combined. Add as much of flour mixture as possible if combining with mixer or food processor, then stir in remainder of flour mixture by hand.
Fill a ¼ cup collapsible measuring cup (also available at Camping World) with cookie dough. Push out of cup into your hand and roll dough into a ball. Roll ball in layer of extra sugar sprinkled on a plate to coat.
Equally space apart two balls on small, parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Bake on circular rack in preheated, 350-degree convection microwave oven for about 13 minutes until lightly browned and tops are puffed. Do not over bake. Remove from oven, wait two minutes, transfer on paper to another wire rack to cool. Repeat baking process. You will have about a dozen cookies. These store well in the refrigerator in an airtight container using the parchment paper to separate (if your family doesn’t consume all of them right out of the oven.) Enjoy!
