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Ingredients
| unsalted butter: 1 cup |
| granulated sugar: 1 cup |
| eggs: 1 |
| molasses: 1 cup |
| distilled vinegar: 2 Tbl |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 5 cups |
| baking soda: 1 1/2 tsp |
| salt: 1/2 tsp |
| ground ginger: 1 Tbl |
| ground cinnamon: 1 tsp |
| ground cloves: 1 tsp |
Ginger Cookies
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
300 min -
Cook Time
6 min -
Servings
8 serving(s)
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- The oven must be preheated to 375 degrees F.
- Cream the butter, which MUST BE SOFT and the sugar.
- Stir in the egg, molasses and vinegar; beat well.
- Shift dry ingredients. (the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves); stir them into the wet ingrdients.
- Chill the dough for 3 hours or overnight.
- After the 3 hours or the next day, on a floured surface, roll the dough to 1/8 of an inch thick. (or as close to that as you can, just make sure that they are the same thickness so that they will bake evenly).
- Cut into shapes and place 1 inch apart on a greased baking sheet.
- At this point you can decorate the cookies with candy, raisins, nuts and colored sugars if you want.
- Bake at 375 degrees F for about 6 minutes.
- Cool slightly; remove cookies from cookie sheet and cool them on a rack or an unfolded brown paper bag.
- Enjoy!