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Soft Ginger Christmas Cookies

Serves 48 $0.10 est. / serving

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Estimated ingredient cost$4.81For the whole recipe · ingredients used
Soft Ginger Christmas Cookies
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  1. 01

    Directions:

  2. 02

    Preheat over to 350 degrees. Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Set aside.

  3. 03

    In large bowl, cream together butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and molasses; beat well. Add half the flour mixture; beat until combined.

  4. 04

    Stir in remaining flour with a wooden spoon. Shape into 1-inch balls and roll them in the remaining 2 tbls. of sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.

  5. 05

    Bake for 8-10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in airtight container.

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Foodista / Common Pile

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Photograph

Photo of Moravian Molasses Cookies — Foodista. Source-provided contributor credit: By Foodista member purplehousedirt

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  • All-purpose flour

    File:All-Purpose Flour (4107895947).jpg — Veganbaking.net from USA. All-Purpose Flour

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  • Plain ground ginger

    File:Thiru3.jpg — THIRUSMT2410. Own work. Original embedded copyright notice: Copyright 2011

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  • Baking soda, dried

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  • Cinnamon, ground

    File:Cinnamon powder.jpg — Quatrostein. Own work

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  • Salt

    File:Table salt (53686886134).jpg — Conall from Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. table salt. Original embedded copyright notice: CONALLMCCAUGHEY

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  • Butter

    File:Butter curls.jpg — David Masters. Flickr : Curled Butter

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  • Sugar, dried, Sugar

    File:Bowl of white sugar.jpg — Douglas P Perkins. Own work

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  • Egg

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