“Grandma’s” Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies

This was the best recipe I have found for gingerbread cookies. Good and spicy. The dough was very easy to handle too! I will be making them again and again.

25 minutes Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 15 minutes

74 calories per serving view nutrition facts

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Ingredients

1/4	cup	water	boiling
1/2	cup	butter
1/2	cup	brown sugar	packed
1/2	cup	dark molasses
3	cups	flour, all-purpose	sifted
1	tablespoon	baking soda
1	tablespoon	salt
1/2	tablespoon	ginger	ground
1/2	tablespoon	nutmeg
1/8	tablespoon	cloves

Directions

Place the butter in a medium mixing bowl.

Pour boiling water over the butter.

Allow the butter to melt.

Add the brown sugar and molasses, mixing well.

Sift the dry ingredients together.

Add to the molasses mixture, stirring until completely blended. Chill. (Chilling overnight allows the seasonings to blend. Wrap in plastic wrap to do this.)

Roll out dough on floured board to ¼-inch thickness.

Cut with cookie cutters. Place on greased cookie sheets.

Bake in preheated 375-degree oven for about 10 minutes.

Remove from the cookie sheet and cool on a rack.

Frost and decorate as desired. Yield: about 4 dozen cookies depending on the size of the cutter.

(Original recipe is from Christmas Cookies, Wisconsin Electric Power Company (1961).

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 21g

Amount per Serving

Calories 74 33% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.0g	4%
Saturated Fat 2.0g	8%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 7mg	2%
Sodium 260mg	11%
Total Carbohydrate 12.0g	4%
Dietary Fiber 0.0g	1%
Sugars 3.0g
Protein 1.0g	2%