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Ginger-Pecan Chews
Author/Submitted by: Gold Medal, Harvest Cooking & Baking
Servings: 30
Categories:
Cookies
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Desserts
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Frozen
Ingredients: 1/2
cup
granulated sugar 1/2
cup
butter or margarine,
softened
1/2
cup
molasses 1
jar
crystallized ginger,
chopped
--2.7 ounces, about 1/2 cup 1
egg 2
cups
all-purpose flour 1
teaspoon
ground ginger 1/2
teaspoon
baking soda 1/2
teaspoon
salt 1/2
cup
pecans,
chopped
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix the sugar, margarine,
molasses, crystallized ginger and egg in a large bowl. Stir
in the flour, ground ginger, baking soda and salt. Stir in
the pecans. Drop the dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about
2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Press a pecan
half in the center of each cookie, if desired. Bake for 12
to 14 minutes, or until almost no indentation remains when
touched in the center. Immediately remove from the cookie
sheets. Cool on wire racks. Makes 2 1/2 to 3 dozen.
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