Recipe           153

 

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Recipe name and category:        Maple's Ginger Molasses Cookies, Dessert

 

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Recipe ingredients and directions:

 

2 cups flour

¼ tsp salt

1 tsp ground cloves

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tsp baking soda

¾ cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 egg

¼ cup molasses

 

Preheat oven to 350˚.

 

Sift together flour, salt, cloves, ginger, cinnamon and baking soda together.  Set aside.

 

Cream butter and sugar together.  Add and stir in egg.  Add and stir in molasses.

 

Bake for 15 minutes or until dark brown.

 

Cool on a paper sack for crisper cookies or on a wire rack for softer cookies.

 

Enjoy!

 

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Recipe anecdote:    This is a favorite recipe of the family’s at Christmas time.