CIVIL WAR GINGER SPICE COOKIES

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We've had this recipe for years. I'm not sure where the name "Civil War" came from, except maybe the recipe has been around that long. I used to take these to work and the doctors would gobble them up. They are moist, not hard, and keep for a long time. I think they are a perfect cookie. One note: the original recipe called for...

Provided by Susan Feliciano

Categories     Cookies

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 c brown sugar, firmly packed
1 c butter, softened
1 1/2 c sorghum
2 eggs
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 c hot water
5 c flour (approximate)

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. You will need several UNgreased baking sheets.
  • 2. Cream together brown sugar, butter, and sorghum. Add eggs; beat until well blended.
  • 3. Stir baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg into hot water; stir into creamed mixture, blending thoroughly. Add flour and mix well.
  • 4. Drop dough from a teaspoon onto an ungreased baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar, or flatten with a glass dipped in white sugar.
  • 5. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool 5 minutes in pans, then remove to wire rack to finish cooling.

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