Bliss Family Recipes

Ginger Cut out Cookies

Sift together

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. baking powder

  Mix together and beat

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg

  Add and beat well

• 1/2 cup molasses

1. Stir in 1/2 of the flour mixture with hands.
2. Add the rest of the flour and mix well.
3. Chill 2 hours or overnight.
4. Preheat oven to 325.
5. Lightly grease cookie sheets.
6. Roll out dough on well floured board and cut out.
7. Bake 2" apart

8-10 min.>> makes 5 dozen cookies

• 2/3 cup crisco oil ( vegetable oil)
• 1 box of brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 + 2/3cup flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 - 6 ounce bag of chocolate chips

1. Stir brown sugar into oil.
2. Beat in one egg at a time.
3. blend in flour, baking powder, salt and chocolate chips

• bake at: 350 degrees
• 25 min.
• 9 X 13" pan ( spray pan)