Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

Gingerbread Cookies Recipe
Serves 30 cookies

               

Ingredients:

•1 cup white sugar

•2 teaspoons ground ginger

•1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

•1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

•1/2 teaspoon salt

•1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

•1 cup margarine, melted

•1/2 cup evaporated milk

•1 cup unsulfured molasses

•3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

•3/4 teaspoon lemon extract

•4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Directions:

1.      Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and lightly grease cookie sheets. In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda. Mix in the melted margarine, evaporated milk, molasses, vanilla, and lemon extracts. Stir in the flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition

2.      When the dough is smooth, roll it out to 1/4 inch thick on a floured surface, and cut into cookies. Place cookies on the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes in the preheated oven. The cookies are done when the top springs back when touched. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks for 30 minutes

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