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Beat together: Sugar, oil, molasses and eggs.
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Dissolve baking soda in 1/8-cup hot water.
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Mix soda and water with batter.
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Sift 2 cups flour, ginger, allspice, cinnamon and salt into bowl with molasses mixture; mix well.
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Add 1 cup boiling water to batter and mix well. (Batter will be fairly thin like cake batter).
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Grease muffin pans (either regular or mini) or line with paper liners (I like to give them a quick shot of baking spray). Fill muffin cups just a bit more than 3/4 full.
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Bake at 400°F for 8-9 minutes for mini muffins; 12-15 minutes for standard muffins.
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Makes 24 standard muffins.