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Title: Ginger Funny Faces
Submitted by: sness - June 21, 2006
4 cups flour
2 T ground ginger
4 tsps baking soda
2 tsps cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 ½ cups shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, unbeaten
½ cup molasses
granulated sugar, raisins, cherries, etc. to make faces
Sift together dry ingredients. Cream shortening and sugar. Beat in egg and molasses, then add dry ingredients and mix well. Form teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, then roll in sugar. Place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Make faces on top of each ball with 2 raisins for eyes and strip of cherry for mouth. Bake in 350° oven for 12-15 minutes until tops are rounded and crackly.
2 T ground ginger
4 tsps baking soda
2 tsps cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 ½ cups shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, unbeaten
½ cup molasses
granulated sugar, raisins, cherries, etc. to make faces
Sift together dry ingredients. Cream shortening and sugar. Beat in egg and molasses, then add dry ingredients and mix well. Form teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, then roll in sugar. Place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Make faces on top of each ball with 2 raisins for eyes and strip of cherry for mouth. Bake in 350° oven for 12-15 minutes until tops are rounded and crackly.