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Great- Gingerbread Cookies

Make Great- Gingerbread Cookies at home with Sugar, Cold Water, Baking Soda, Ground Cinnamon, and Salt. Add it to your meal plan and shop the whole list in one go.

Illustrative photo

Ingredients

• 1 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 2 tsp
• 1 tsp
• 1/2 tsp

Method (preview)

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   Title: 1989 2nd Place: Great-Grandma’s Gingerbread Cookies

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   Cream shortening and sugar in mixing bowl, beat in eggs, one at a time.

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   Mix water and baking soda in small bowl until dissolved.

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   Add baking soda mixture and sorghum to butter mixture.

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   Sift 5 1/2 cups of the flour, the spices and salt together.

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   Blend into dough.

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   Divide dough into 4 balls.

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   Wrap in plastic wrap.

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   Flatten and refrigerate overnight.

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    Heat oven to 350 degrees.

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    Roll 1 portion of dough out at a time on lightly floured surface.

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    Cut into desired shapes.

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    Bake on a greased cookie sheet until puffed, 10 to 12 minutes.

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    Do not overbake.

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    Ann Smith of Plainfield won second place, and described how her gingerbread men left Bohemia in 1872 and immigrated to the United

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    States. Smith’s great-grandmother, “Babicka” Novak, lived in a small

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    Czech community in Nebraska,” Smith wrote.

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    Cookie Contest December 14, 1989