Autumn Spice Cookies

Dear Readers:

What follows is a "recipe repurposing" using one of my veryveryvery favorite recipes from my childhood: Sherry's Famous Gingerbread Cookies! They are great at Christmas, but I think these cookies would be just as awesome served throughout the Autumn months -- especially for Halloween and Thanksgiving. Get out your cookie cutters and get creative with the icing!

Autumn Spice Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup molasses
1 egg
1/2 cup hot water
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 heaping teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 pinch salt
5 & 3/4 cups flour

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Cream the first four ingredients
Add water and baking soda
Stir in dry ingredients
(Refrigerate for 20 minutes, if necessary, before rolling out the dough)
Roll out on a well-floured pastry cloth to approximately 1/4 inch thickness
Cut
Bake on greased cookie sheets at 350 degrees for 10 minutes

Enjoy!

XO,
M

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M

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Recipes?

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I'm wondering whether any of you would be interested in seeing some of my recipes and/or reading stuff that I write about food (eating out, cooking, etc. etc.). BN wouldn't be entirely dedicated to that, but it's an area where I have something to say. Holla back!

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XO

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