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ELINOR'S GINGERSNAPS Recipe

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Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 cup molasses
2 cups of sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking soda
3 teaspoons ground cloves
3 teaspoons ground ginger
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup white sugar for decoration
Directions:
Directions:
preheat oven to 350º F

In a large bowl, mix molasses, sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla

Sift and add flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon and ginger

Chill until firm.

Roll into nickel-sized balls.

Roll balls in white sugar

Drop onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper

Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes or until center is firm
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4 dozen
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Jenny and I ate too many of these cookies while listening to a lecture about the life of Eleanor Roosevelt at the family summer home in Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada

 

 

 

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