I also found "Gma's Ginger Crinkle Cookies in the 2019 Christmas Cookie collection from WE (Wisconsin Electric), which is available online. Those cookies use oil and are rolled into balls and into sugar. The recipe does not say to flatten them.
I was looking at the recipe booklet that came with my Springerle molds (House on the Hill), and there is a recipe for "Molded Gingerbread Cookies" that uses oil, molasses and dark corn syrup.
The baking is back into Christmas!