Ginger-Pecan Chews

* Exported from MasterCook *

Ginger-Pecan Chews

Recipe By : Gold Medal, Harvest Cooking & Baking
Serving Size : 30 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Drop Cookies Cookies

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1/2 cup molasses
1 jar crystallized ginger -- chopped
--2.7 ounces, about 1/2 cup
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup pecans -- chopped

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix the sugar, margarine,
molasses, crystallized ginger and egg in a large bowl. Stir
in the flour, ground ginger, baking soda and salt. Stir in
the pecans. Drop the dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about
2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Press a pecan
half in the center of each cookie, if desired. Bake for 12
to 14 minutes, or until almost no indentation remains when
touched in the center. Immediately remove from the cookie
sheets. Cool on wire racks. Makes 2 1/2 to 3 dozen.



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