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Ingredients Jump to Instructions ↓

  1. 1/2 cup shortening

  2. 1/2 cup sugar

  3. 1/2 cup molasses

  4. 1 egg (unbeaten)

  5. 2 1/4 cups flour

  6. 2 teaspoons ground ginger

  7. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  8. 2 tablespoons whole anise

  9. 1 tablespoon ground coriander seed

  10. 1 scant teaspoon ground cloves

  11. 1/4 teaspoon salt

  12. 2 teaspoons baking soda

  13. 2 tablespoons hot water

  14. 6 tablespoons strong black coffee

  15. Sherry Frosting

  16. 3 1/2 tablespoons sherry

  17. 2 cups confectioner's sugar

Instructions Jump to Ingredients ↑

  1. Cream together shortening, sugar, molasses, and egg. Sift flour, spices, and salt together. Add to the shortening mixture. Dissolve soda in hot water and set aside. Add coffee to flour-spice mixture. Beat in soda. Mix well, drop by spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake in a 350 degree oven approximately 15 minutes. Do not overbake as cookies should stay soft.

  2. Sherry Frosting: Mix together sherry and confectioner's sugar and spread over cookies. Decorate with colored sugars, halves of cherries, bits of angelica.

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