Ginger Creams

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Ginger Creams
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Recipe Type: dessert
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Ingredients
  • ⅓ C. shortening
  • ½ C. sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ½ C. molasses
  • ½ C. water
  • 2 C. all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. ginger
  • ½ tsp. nutmeg
  • ½ tsp. cloves
  • ½ tsp. cinnamon
  • Lemon Icing
Instructions
  1. Mix shortening, sugar, egg, molasses and water and mix thoroughly.
  2. Stir dry ingredients together and blend in.
  3. Chill dough.
  4. Heat oven to 400F
  5. Drop dough by teaspoon about 2 inches apart onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
  6. Bake for approximately 8 minutes or until almost no imprint is left when lightly touched.
  7. While slightly warm, frost with lemon icing.
  8. To prepare the lemon icing, mix together 2½ tbsp. softened butter, 1½ C. powdered sugar and 2 tbsp. lemon juice.

 

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