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| Monkey face cookies |
| 1 egg |
| 1/3 cup Butter, at room temperature |
| 1/2 cup granulated sugar |
| 2 tbsp molasses |
| 1/1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 1 tsp baking soda |
| pinch salt |
| 1 tsp ground cinnamon |
| 1 tsp ground ginger |
| 1/4 cup raisins or currants |
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| 74 mL |
| 125 mL |
| 1 |
| 25 mL |
| 375 mL |
| 5 mL |
| pinch |
| 5 mL |
| 5 mL |
| 50 mL |
| 1 |
| Preheat your oven to 350 F (180 C). |
| Lightly grease a baking sheet. |
| 2 |
| In a large bowl, using a wooden spoon, |
| blend together the butter and sugar |
| until the mixture is light and fluffy. Stir in |
| the egg and molasses. |
| 3 |
| In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger. Stir the dry ingridients |
| into the butter/egg mixture. |
| 4 |
| Flour your hands and pinch off bits of dough |
| about 1/2 tsp(2 ml) at a time. Roll each bit |
| into a ball or simply drop onto the baking sheet, |
| about 2 inches (5 cm) apart. |
| 5 |
| Using the bottom of a glass tumbler that has |
| been greased and dipped in sugar, press each |
| cookie until it is about 1/2 inch (5 mm) thick. Press |
| three raisisns into each cookie to make the eyes and |
| mouth of the "monkey face". |
| Bake the cookies for about 8 minutes, or until |
| 6 |
| firm. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack. |
| Makes about 3 dozen cookies. |
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| L.M. Montgomery |
| L.M. Montgomery's other stories |