Gingerbread Cookies
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup dark molasses
- 5 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Gingerbread Cookies
Featured in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin on December 6, 2006.
Ingredients:
Directions:
- In large bowl of electric mixer, cream butter and sugar.
- Add eggs and molasses; beat well.
- Sift the remaining ingredients and add to creamed mixture; mix well.
- Chill dough until easy to roll.
- Preheat electric oven to 350°F.
- Grease baking sheets.
- On a lightly floured board, roll dough 1/4 inch thick.
- Cut into desired shapes.
- Place on prepared baking sheets.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes; cool.
- Decorate cookies as desired.
Makes about 7 dozen 3-inch cookies.
Approximate Nutrient Analysis per serving:
70 calories, 2.5 g fat, 1.5 g saturated fat, 10 mg cholesterol, 50 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber, 5 g sugar, 1 g protein
