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Mary Ann's Cookies

By: Suzanne Stull 
"Molasses cookie recipe from the 1940's."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.0 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (4)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 4 dozen
 

Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 3/4 cup molasses
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 3/4 cup shortening
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 3 teaspoons baking soda

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Cream sugar, shortening and molasses together. Mix the baking soda into the hot water. Add dry ingredients alternately with the water mixture.
  3. Drop from a spoon onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. DO NOT BROWN. Frost with a vanilla frosting if desired.

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Amount Per Serving  Calories: 214 | Total Fat: 6.7g | Cholesterol: 0mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 0 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 6, 2005 by magghe   view full review
Kind of bland...but easy to fix the blandness!try adding 1/2 tsp clove, 1/4 tsp nutmeg,and...
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 14, 2007 by QUIDDITY   view full review
These got a pretty solid "eh" from everyone in the family. I spiced them up just as another...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 9, 2007 by Karatemomx31   view full review
My Grandmother and I use this exact recipe but we roll the dough and cut with a large drinking...
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 15, 2004 by RHARRIS524   view full review
The cookies were really bland! They didn't have that zing typical of molasses/ginger cookies....

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