GINGERBREAD COOKIES
1-1/2 cups brown sugar
1-1/2 cups shortening
1 tablespoon salt
7 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1- 1/2 cups molasses
1/3 cup warm water
2-1/2 tablespoons ground ginger
2-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
Cream first five
ingredients. Add remaining ingredients.
Chill about one hour or
until dough is of a consistency that can be worked. Roll out
dough to about 1/4-inch thick, then cut out into desired shapes.
Bake at 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes.
Let cookies cool and
decorate with royal icing, candies, dried fruit, nuts, etc.
Makes two to three dozen
cookies, depending on size of cookies.
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