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Molasses Ginger Cookies

Serves 48 $0.23 est. / serving

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Estimated ingredient cost$11.00For the whole recipe · ingredients used

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Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs. Mix well. Add molasses and vanilla. In a large bowl combine flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda and baking powder. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture slowly. Divide batter. Make into rolls, wrap in waxed paper and chill.
02
Slice and bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes or make small balls of dough flatten with sugared glass and bake. May be dropped off teaspoon and baked also.

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

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Sugar
File:Bowl of white sugar.jpg — Douglas P Perkins. Own work
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Egg
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Vanilla extract
File:Homemade Vanilla Extract (4107750384).jpg — Veganbaking.net from USA. Homemade Vanilla Extract
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Flour
File:All-Purpose Flour (4107895947).jpg — Veganbaking.net from USA. All-Purpose Flour
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Cinnamon spice
File:Ground Cinnamon Powder and a Cinnamon Stick.jpg — formulatehealth. https://www.flickr.com/photos/189590028@N07/50381022213/ Creator: https://formulatehealth.com/.
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Baking soda, dried
File:No name sans nom baking soda.jpg — Michael Francis McCarthy. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sagamiono/4299196396/
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Baking powder
File:BakingPowder.jpg — Lou Sander. Own work
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