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Gram's Molasses Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3/4 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
2 c. flour
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
1/4 c. molasses
1 egg

Additional sugar for dipping cookies before baking them
Directions:
Directions:
Mix all ingredients and form into balls the size of a walnut. Dip each in sugar. DO NOT FLATTEN. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
5 dozen
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
35 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Gram Phillips' recipe, which I still have on a recipe card she wrote out for me. I recopied it a number of years ago as it is fading out, but this was one of Gumpy's favorite cookies. The tops crack from the sugar and are so good.

 

 

 

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