Recipe

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• 1/3 cup soft shortening ( not butter)
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups dark molasses
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp allspice
• 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 3 tbsp cold water
• raisins
• candied ginger
• candied cherry

• 1 Mix shortening, brown sugar & molasses together thoroughly and stir in the 1/2 cup cold water.
• 2 Sift all the dry ingredients together and stir into the creamed sugar/shortening/molasses mixture.
• 3 Dissolve the baking soda into the 3 TBS. water and stir into the cookie batter (make sure to mix well but not overbeat).
• 4 Chill dough for 3 hours.
• 5 Preheat oven to 350º.
• 6 Break dough apart into fourths (for easier handling).
• 7 Roll out on floured surface and cut out with your favorite Ginger Man cookie cutter.
• 8 Transfer to lightly greased cookie sheet and decorate with raisins for the eyes & nose, ginger or cherries for the buttons.
• 9 Bake 15-18 minutes (remember to leave plenty of room for they puff up!).
• 10 Remove from cookie sheet and let cool on rack.
• 11 Decorate with your favorite cookie frosting.