1/2 c shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1/4 cup water
2 1/2 cups all- purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon soda
3/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon allspice

Cream shortening and sugar
Blend in molasses, water, flour, salt, soda and spices
Chill 2-3 hours

Roll to 1/4 inch thick
10-12 minutes at 375

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Made these with a friend about a gazillion Christmases ago.
1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup crisco 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp almond extract 2 1/4 cups flour maraschino cherries

• Preheat oven 350
• blend butter and crisco
• add sugar slowly while mixing
• add extract and blend well
• add flour and blend, but not over do it

The original recipe for these calls for almonds, but I think they are scads better with pecans. I suppose they could probably be made with any kind of nut, really. But I like pecans.

creme: 1 C butter add: 1 C sifted confectioners sugar ½ t salt stir in: 2 C ground pecans 1 t vanilla add: 2 C flour shape into smallish ( Read more... )

Cream: 0.75 C butter Gradually mix in: 1.25 C sugar Beat in: 1 egg
1 egg yolk (save the second egg white - you'll need it later)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp grated lemon rind Gradually stir in: 3 C all purpose flour
You can usually start the flour with the mixer, but eventually you will have to stir by hand or even knead a little.

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