Soft Gingerbread Cookies
Total time: 2-3 hours.
Molasses cookies! Crazy, I know! But they make the best ginger cookies.
Straight from the back of the jar.
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Ingredients
* 8 tbls. (1 stick) butter, or shortening
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1/2 cup Grandmas Original or Robust Molasses
* 1 egg
* 2 cups all purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon ginger
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
Directions
Beat butter with sugar and molasses. Mix in egg. Sift dry ingredients and add to wet mixture. Mix well. Chill in freezer 1 hour or in refrigerator 2 hours. Heat oven to 350ºF. Roll out a portion of the dough 1/4-in. thick on lightly floured board. Chill remaining dough. Cut with cookie cutter, place on greased baking sheets. If decorating with raisins, add them at this time. Bake 8-10 minutes. Cool. Pipe on royal icing and add candy pieces, if desired.
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yum!