Gingerbread Cookies

By S. Danford

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 3 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 t cinnamon
• 1 t ginger
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/4 t cloves
• 1/3 c water

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375
Cream butter and sugar with electric mixer.
Beat in molasses
Blend all dry ingredients
Alternately add blended dry ingredients and water to the butter/sugar mixture. The last addition may need to be blended by hand.
Work the dough until it is smooth.
When the dough is easy to work, roll out and cut cookies
Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes