Molasses Cookies   
   375F about 11-12 minutes     Makes about 50 to 60 cookies.   
   The trick of having soft cookies is to make a test cookie to make sure enough   
   flour has been added.  Also, when removed from the cookie sheet to a rack I   
   always cover them with a tea towel so they don't dry out.   
   1 c. sugar   
   1 cup margarine or butter (butter makes a richer cookie but is   
     trickier to handle)   
   1 egg   
   1 cup molasses   
   1/2 c. water   
   1 teaspoon baking soda   
   1 teas. salt   
   1 slightly heaping teas. ginger   
   4-5 c. flour   
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   Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Beat in egg.  Mix molasses and   
   water in a large cup as soda tends to make it foam up. Stir in soda.  Add salt   
   and ginger to flour, stirring well.  Fold into butter mixture alternating   
   molasses mixture with flour mixture, beginning and ending with flour.  Roll   
   and cut at least 1/4 inch thick, or make drop cookies.  Bake at 375F about 11   
   to 12 minutes. Bake a drop test cookie to make sure enough flour has been   
   added.   
      
   I want to add that Penzey's online also has a wonderful Gingersnap cookie.  As   
   they say, left out, the cookies are chewy.  Put into an airtight container,   
   they are crispy.   
      
   Nancy   
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