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      Title: Molasses Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 12 Dozen
 
      2 c  Brown sugar
    1/2 c  Molasses
  4 1/2 c  Flour
      2 ts Cinnamon
      1 ts Cloves
           Granulated sugar
  1 1/2 c  Shortening
      2    Eggs
      4 ts Baking soda
      2 ts Ginger
    1/2 ts Salt
 
  Mix brown dugar, shortening, molasses, and eggs. Mix in flour, baking
  soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt. Cover and chill for at
  least an hour. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Shape dough by rounded
  teasponsful into balls. (Use a tablespoon to measure the dough for
  those big ones that you want to eat hot from the oven.) Dip the tops
  of the dough balls into granulated sugar. Put the balls sugar-side-up
  on lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake just until set, about 10
  minutes. DON'T OVERCOOK! Immediately remove from pan to cool.
  
  Recipe by Nancy C. (Bushnell Cookbook)
 
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