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Recipe for "ginger-cookies"

NAME

     GINGER-COOKIES - Ginger cookies
     (Originally from The Settlement Cook Book.)
     These have a lot of zest.

INGREDIENTS (4 dozen cookies)

     175 g     butter
     200 g     sugar
     60 ml     dark molasses
     1         egg
     200 g     flour
     10 ml     baking soda
     5 ml      ginger
     5 ml      cinnamon
     5 ml      ground cloves

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Cream the butter and sugar togather.
          (2)  Add the egg (beaten) and the molasses.
          (3)  Sift the rest of the dry ingredients together  and
               add to the mixture.
          (4)  Form into 3-cm balls and roll in granulated sugar.
          (5)  Place 6 cm apart on a  greased  cookie  sheet  and
               bake at 175 deg. C for 10 to 12 minutes.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 10 minutes preparation, 10  minutes
     cooking.  Precision: measure the ingredients.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Evelyn C. Leeper
     AT&T Information Systems, Middletown, New Jersey, USA
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