Three Forks Market Place Recipes
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Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies
Yield: 3 dozen cookies
Ingredients
| 4 |
cups |
sifted all-purpose flour
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| 2 |
teaspoons |
ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda
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| 1 1/2 |
teaspoons |
ground ginger
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| 1/2 |
teaspoon |
ground cinnamon
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| 1/8 |
teaspoon |
salt
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| 1 1/2 |
cups |
molasses
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| 1/2 |
cup |
shortening, melted
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| 1/3 |
cup |
boiling water
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| 1/4 |
cup |
butter or margarine, melted
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Sugar
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Directions:
In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, spices and salt. In large bowl, mix molasses, shortening, water and butter. Add dry ingredients to molasses mixture; blend well. Cover; refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. Roll out dough 1/4 inch thick on well-floured surface. Cut out with 3 1/2-inch cookie cutters; sprinkle with sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake in preheated oven at 375 F. for about 12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
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Three Forks Market Place Recipes
https://www.threeforksmarket.com/Recipes/Detail/3634/Old_Fashioned_Molasses_Cookies