worldwide recipe: Mrs. Buerschaper's molasses crinkles

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Mrs. Buerschaper's Molasses Crinkles

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1/4 cup blackstrap molasses

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1/4 tsp salt

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp allspice

1 tsp ground ginger

2 cups unbleached white flour

1-2 tablespoons additional sugar

Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease cookie sheets. Melt the butter

over low heat. Beat in molasses, 1 cup sugar, and egg. Sift together

the dry ingredients (except the additional sugar). Mix the two

mixtures together. (Me, I just dump all the dry into the wet and stir

it up, and it seems to work!) Form 1.5-inch balls of dough. Bake for

12 to 15 minutes, until firm to the touch. Cool on a rack. Yields

about 36 cookies.

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