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Old-Fashioned Chewy Double Ginger Cookies

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This International dessert features Shortening, Sugar, Eggs, Molasses, All-purpose flour. It delivers sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 72
Calories: 1525.1
Dietary: Vegetarian
Description
This International dessert features Shortening, Sugar, Eggs, Molasses, All-purpose flour. It delivers sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup Shortening
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2 lg Eggs
  • 1 cup Molasses
  • 3 1/2 cup All-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon Ground ginger
  • 1 1/4 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon Ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup Fine-chopped crystallized
Directions
  1. 1
    ginger Sugar In large bowl, cream together shortening and one cup sugar until light and fluffy.
  2. 2
    Beat in eggs one at a time; beat in molasses.
  3. 3
    Stir together flour, ground ginger, baking soda, cloves and cinnamon;
  4. 4
    stir into creamed mixture in three parts.
  5. 5
    Mix in crystallized ginger until smooth.
  6. 6
    Remove dough from bowl and wrap in floured wax paper; refrigerate overnight.
  7. 7
    (Dough will be quite soft.) With lightly floured hands,
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    form dough into 1" (2.5 cm) balls; gently
  9. 9
    roll in sugar.
  10. 10
    Place about 2" (5 cm) apart on greased baking sheets.
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    Bake at 350F (180C) for 10 - 12 minutes or just until set.
  12. 12
    Remove to wire racks to cool.
  13. 13
    I'm not much of a cookie baker because it seems so much effort for something that is gobbled down so quickly, but these are worth the trouble (I always
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    set some aside for myself, just to be sure I'll get some).
  15. 15
    Guten Apetit!
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    ~- Nicole

Nutrition Facts

Servings 72

Amount Per Serving
Calories 1525.1kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 38.3g59%
Saturated Fat 12.5g63%
Cholesterol 190.5mg64%
Sodium 79.2mg4%
Total Carbohydrate 274.7g92%
Dietary Fiber 6.0g24%
Sugars 115.2g
Protein 28.6g58%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: allpurpose, baking, chewy, cinnamon, cloves, cookies, crystallized, dessert, double, eggs, finechopped, flour, ginger, ground, international, molasses, oldfashioned, shortening, soda, sugar
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