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Gingerbread Cookies

Source of Recipe


Jimmy Garrity, age 9






List of Ingredients



• 1/4 cup water, boiling
  
• 1/2 cup butter
  
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
  
• 1/2 cup molasses
  
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1 tsp baking soda
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• 1-1/2 tsp ginger
  
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  






Instructions



1. Pour the boiling water over the butter. (Have a parent help you with the boiling water.) Add the sugar and molasses and mix well.
   
   
2. Sift together dry ingredients and add to the butter-sugar mixture. Chill thoroughly.
   
   
3. Take out of refrigerator and roll out. Cut with a gingerbread-man cutter and other desired shapes. Place on lightly sprayed cookie sheets. Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven for about 10 minutes.
   
   Makes about 4 dozen,
   depending on size of cutters.