Soft Molasses Cookies (l.a. Times)
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Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients:
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cup
Butter 1/2
cup
Sugar 3/4
cup
Molasses 1
Egg 2 1/2
cups
Flour 1 1/2
teaspoons
Ground ginger 1
teaspoon
Ground cinnamon 1
teaspoon
Ground allspice 1
teaspoon
Ground cloves 2
teaspoons
Baking soda 1/4
cup
Water
Directions:
Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Blend in
molasses
and egg. Beat well.
In separate bowl, combine flour, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves.
Dissolve baking soda in water. Add flour and baking soda mixtures
alternately to
butter mixture. Blend well after each addition.
Drop batter by rounded tablespoon onto lightly greased and floured (or
foil
lined) baking sheets.
Bake at 350 degrees until done, 12 to 15 minutes.
Remove from baking sheets and cool on wire racks.
Makes about 2 to 3 dozen cookies.
Each of 3 dozen cookies contains about: 81 calories; 31 mg sodium; 13 mg
cholesterol; 3 grams fat; 13 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 0.03
gram
fiber.
Presented by: Rose Dosti, L.A. Times Culinary SOS column, 12/29/94, page
H24.
This recipe has been around the Times for a long time.
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