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Great Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ginger
1 Tbs cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 c butter
1/2 c shortening
1 c sugar
1/2 c molasses
1 egg
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Mix dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl, cream butter and shortening, add sugar gradually, add egg and molasses, beat well. Add flour mixture gradually. Mix well, roll out thick with flour (dough is very sticky) and cut out cookies. Spray cookie sheet or use parchment paper. Bake 15 min or 10-11 min for how soft you want them. Cool 5 min

Frosting:
2 c powder sugar
1/2 c butter, softened
1 Tbs milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
food coloring
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
15 big cookies or 30 small

 

 

 

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