Soft Molasses Cookies (L.a. Times)

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Title: Soft Molasses Cookies (L.a. Times)
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 3 servings

-----larry luttropp
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-----l.a.times food section
-12/94-----
1/2 c Butter
1/2 c Sugar
3/4 c Molasses
1 Egg
2 1/2 c Flour
1 1/2 ts Ground ginger
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1 ts Ground allspice
1 ts Ground cloves
2 ts Baking soda
1/4 c Water

Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Blend in
molasses
and egg. Beat well.
In separate bowl, combine flour, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves.
Dissolve baking soda in water. Add flour and baking soda mixtures
alternately to
butter mixture. Blend well after each addition.
Drop batter by rounded tablespoon onto lightly greased and floured (or
foil
lined) baking sheets.
Bake at 350 degrees until done, 12 to 15 minutes.
Remove from baking sheets and cool on wire racks.
Makes about 2 to 3 dozen cookies.
Each of 3 dozen cookies contains about: 81 calories; 31 mg sodium; 13 mg
cholesterol; 3 grams fat; 13 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 0.03
gram
fiber.
Presented by: Rose Dosti, L.A. Times Culinary SOS column, 12/29/94, page
H24.
This recipe has been around the Times for a long time.

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