Family and School Connection - Fall 2005
by Mrs. Chamberlin, Principal
Lura Libby and Cushing Community School

 
Fall is here its with warm days and cool nights.  What a nice time of year!  It is also when many of us start baking again after the hot summer months end.  Cookies are a good treat to have with a cup of hot cocoa after an afternoon of playing soccer, raking leaves or doing some other outdoor activity with your family. 

There are many cookies to choose from.  However, gingersnaps are a family favorite in my home.  Here is a simple and yummy gingersnap recipe given to me by Peg Stone, who is a retired history teacher from G.V.H.S.

 
Cookie Jar Gingersnaps

    2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
    3/4 cups shortening
    2 tsp. ground ginger (you may add 1 tsp. cinnamon)
    2 tsp. baking soda
    1/2 tsp. salt
    1 cup sugar
    1 egg
    1/4 cup molasses

    (Additional sugar to roll the cookies in.)

   Cream shortening, gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy.  Beat in egg and molasses.  Sift dry ingredients over the creamed mixture.  Roll teaspoonfuls of the dough mixture between the palms of your hands to form balls.  Roll in sugar. 

Place 2" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake 12-15 minutes until crackly and slightly brown. (Makes about 4 dozen cookies)
 

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