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1995 4th Place: Friendship Cookies Recipe

Source: cookeatshare.com/recipes/1995-4th-place-friendship-cookies-61433

Ingredients

  1. 21/4 c. Unsifted all-purpose flour
  2. 3/4 c. Vegetable oil
  3. 1/2 c. Sugar
  4. 1 x Egg
  5. 1/4 c. Pure maple syrup
  6. 1/4 c. Sorghum molasses
  7. 2 tsp Baking soda
  8. 1 tsp Grnd ginger
  9. 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
  10. 1/2 tsp Grnd cardamom
  11. 1/4 tsp Salt
  12. Additional sugar for coating

Directions

  1. 1.
  2. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Have ungreased baking sheet(s) ready.
  4. 2.
  5. Combine all ingredients, except sugar for coating, in large bowl of an electric mixer.
  6. Beat on low speed till combined.
  7. Chill to hard dough slightly, about 20 min.
  8. 3.
  9. Roll into large balls, using 1/4 c. dough each for large cookies or possibly a scant Tbsp.
  10. for smaller cookies (dough will be soft).
  11. Roll in additional sugar to coat.
  12. Arrange on baking sheet, spacing them 3 inches apart.
  13. 4.
  14. Bake till set, about 15 min for large cookies and 10 min for smaller ones.
  15. Cold on baking sheet 1 minute before transferring to wire rack to cold.
  16. Fourth-place winner in the 1995 Chicago Tribune Holiday Cookie
  17. Contest: by Agnes Da Costa of Countryside