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Ginger Bread Cookies
Ingredients:
1 stick butter - softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup molasses
1 large egg yolk
2 cups all purpose flour
Candy and colored frosting to decorate
Method:
Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl with electric mixer until
creamy and smooth. Then beat in ginger, cinnamon, baking powder, allspice and
baking soda until well blended. Beat in molasses and yolk. On low speed, beat in
flour. Divide dough in half, wrap and chill until firm. Heat oven to 350F. Roll
out half of the dough at a time on a well floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness.
Cut with floured cookie cutters. Transfer the cookies with a spatula to
ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes until lightly browned. Let the
cookies cool on the cookie sheets aprox 1 minute than transfer to cooling racks.
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