margaret's ginger cookies

Name: Margaret's Ginger Cookies
Ingredients: 5 cup(s) unsifted flour; 3 - eggs; 1 cup(s) molasses; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1 tablespoon(s) ginger (large); 1 tablespoon(s) cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon(s) nutmet; 1 tablespoon(s) baking soda

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Lily Kretchek

Herminie, PA

Updated on Apr 11, 2012

My nephew loved these cookies when his Aunt Betty made them for him when he was a little boy.

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Ingredients

5 cups unsifted flour
3 - eggs
1 cup molasses
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon ginger (large)
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmet
1 tablespoon baking soda

How To Make margaret's ginger cookies

Step 1

Cream eggs and sugar together. When well creamed, add the molasses, sugar, ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Step 2

Dissolve the baking soda in 1 cup of lukewarm water and add to creamed mixture.
Step 3

Slowly add the unsifted flour until a soft paste is formed.
Step 4

Put small scoops on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes @ 375* F.
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