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Great-Grandma's Gingerbread Cookies | ||||||||||||
Course : Cookies Serves: 36 Cookies |
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Ingredients:
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Preparation / Directions:Preparation time: 30 minutes Chilling time: Overnight Baking time: 10 minutes
1. Cream shortening and sugar in mixing bowl, beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix water and baking soda in small bowl until dissolved. Add baking soda mixture and sorghum to butter mixture. Sift 5 1/2 cups of the flour, the spices and salt together. Blend into dough. Divide dough into 4 balls. Wrap in plastic wrap. Flatten and refrigerate overnight.
2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll 1 portion of dough out at a time on lightly floured surface. Cut into desired shapes. Bake on a greased cookie sheet until puffed, 10 to 12 minutes. Do not overbake.
3. When cool, decorate with buttercream frosting and/or candies as desired. Sorghum gives these cookies a special flavor, but molasses can be used as a substitute.
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Nutritional Information:54 Calories (kcal); 3g Total Fat; (53% calories from fat); trace Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 16mg Cholesterol; 164mg Sodium | ||||||||||||