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Gingerbread Cookies

Source of Recipe


Southern Living






List of Ingredients



• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  
• 1/2 cup molasses
  
• 1 egg
  
• 3-1/2 cups all purpose flour, add additional if needed
  
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
  
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
  






Instructions



1. Cream butter add sugar and beat until lightl and fluffy. Add molasses and egg; mix well. Cobmine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredints. Shape dough into a ball; cover and chill at least 2 hours.
   
   
2. Roll out dough onto a lgihtly floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness; cut into desired shapes. Plae on lghtly greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on wire racks. Decorate as desired.