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Ginger Creams

Course : Cookies
Serves: 4 - 6

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Ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar

1/3 cup shortening

1 large egg

1/2 cup light molasses

1/2 cup water

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

---VANILLA BUTTER FROSTING---

1/4 cup margarine or butter -- softened

2 cups confectioners sugar

1 tablespoon milk -- (more if needed)

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Preparation / Directions:

Makes 4 dozen cookies 1. Mix together sugar, shortening, egg, molasses and water; stir in remaining ingredients except frosting. 2. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour. 3. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet; bake in preheated 400 F. oven until almost no indentation remains when touched, about 8 minutes. 4. Immediately remove from cookie sheet; cool. 5. Frost with Vanilla Butter Frosting. Vanilla Butter Frosting 1. Mix together margarine and confectioners' sugar. 2. Beat in milk and vanilla until smooth and of spreading consistenc

Ginger Creams

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