I have been adding recipes for a while to a new cookbook so I could find them when I wanted to cook them. In the electronic age, a digital version seems to make more sense, since I can add, amend, advise, adjust, delete, and reconsider as often as I want to and you can access them if and when you please. I've included the recipes from my original cookbook which many of you have. I'm also going to be adding pictures as I retest many of these recipes. They aren't the latest thing or nouvelle cuisine. They're comfort food, good memories, treasured family recipes, and occasional treats as well as many healthier recipes I've grown to like in recent years. I encourage you to add comments, pictures, and favorite recipes to make this a real family cooking spot. It's the next best thing to sharing a meal.






Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Gingerbread Men

1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup shortening
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2/3 cup molasses
2 3/4 cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger

Cream sugar and shortening.  Add egg, flavoring, and molasses.  Beat well.  Add dry ingredients.  Roll dough and cut with cookie cutter.  Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.

A traditional recipe from Beth's grandmother, Helen Ormesher.

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