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Dec 22

Great-Grandma’s Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup shortening (or butter/margarine)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 1/2 tsp cloves
  • 1/2 tsp allspice

Preparation: Cream shortening, brown sugar, molasses, and buttermilk together in mixer bowl. (will be runny) Mix dry ingredients in separate bowl and add to wet ingredients. (Chill if desired.)

Roll 1/4″ thick and cut out. Bake on lightly-greased cookie sheet at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

Decorate with frosting or icing.

Serves: ~26 cookies

From the kitchen of: Alberta Carriveau

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Dec 31

Peanut Butter Blossoms

Ingredients:

  • 1 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 T milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 36 Hershey kisses, unwrapped

Preparation: Blend dry ingredients in bowl. Cream shortening and peanut butter in large bowl. Gradually add sugars. Stir in egg, milk, and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients.

Shape into rounded balls and roll in sugar. Bake at 375 degrees on ungreased cookie sheet for 8 minutes. Remove from oven, place a kiss on top of each cookie, pressing down so cookie cracks around the edge. Bake for another 2-5 minutes. (stand at oven door and watch – the tips of the kisses burn easily – better to be underdone and chewy).

Makes: 36 cookies

From the kitchen of: Bonnie de Arteaga

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Mar 24

Molasses Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp cloves
  • 1/2 tsp ginger
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Preparation: Melt shortening. Add sugar, molasses, and egg; beat well. Mix dry ingredients – flour, baking soda, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, salt. Add to first mixture and mix well. Chill.

Form one inch balls, roll in sugar, and place on greased cookie sheet, 2″ apart. Bake at 375 degrees 8-10 minutes (8 minutes keeps them a bit chewy – yum!)

This recipe works well doubled.

From the kitchen of: Grandma Joey Bieri

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