Mrs. Yoder's Gingersnaps
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Cookies
/
Desserts
Ingredients: 1
cup
Sugar 1
cup
Margarine,
OR
1/2
cup
Lard,
AND
1/2
cup
Butter 2
teaspoons
Soda 1
cup
Molasses 1
tablespoon
Ginger 1/4
cup
Water,
hot
1 1/2
cups
Flour
Directions:
Mix together sugar, shortening, molasses and ginger.
Dissolve soda in hot water. Add to sugar mixture.
Stir in flour. Pinch off little pieces of dough the size of walnuts. Place
on
greased baking sheet. Space them, as when put in oven they will puff up
and when
done will flatten out and crackle all over top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes, checking often as they burn
easily. Let
cool before removing from pan.
Source: Reta Deaver, Stamford (Nebr.) Centennial Cookbook Formatted by:
Nancy
Filbert; March, 1995
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