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      Title: Moravian Christmas Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 1 servings
 
      2 c  Shortening
  2 1/4 c  Brown sugar
      1 qt Molasses
      8 c  Flour
      1 tb Ground cloves
      1 tb Cinnamon
      1 ts Ginger
    1/2 ts Baking soda
           *dissolved in:
      1 ts Vinegar
 
      Use a mixture of butter and lard for the shortening. Sift the flour and
  spices together. Add sugar and mix well. Work in the shortening with the
  finger tips or with a pastry blender. Add baking soda and molasses and mix
  thoroughly. Chill. Roll very thin on floured board and cut with fancy
  cookie cutters. Bake at 350-F about 10 minutes.
     Source:  Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary Arts
  Press, 1936.
 
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