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www.RecipeFaire.com Presents:
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Gingerbread Cookies
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by:   
Shirley Leslie  
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Gingerbread Cookies Recipe uses butter, brown sugar, butterscotch instant pudding, egg, flour, baking soda, ground ginger and ground cinnamon to make a very tasty dough before baking these delicious cookies.
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INGREDIENTS
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3/4 cup butter, softened
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3/4 cup packed brown sugar
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1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Butterscotch Instant Pudding
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1 egg
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2 cups flour
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1 tsp. baking soda
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1 Tbsp. ground ginger
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1-1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
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DIRECTIONS
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1:
Beat butter, sugar, dry pudding mix and egg in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Mix remaining ingredients. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
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2:
Heat oven to 350°F. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness; cut into gingerbread shapes with 4-inch cookie cutter, rerolling trimmings. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets sprayed with cooking spray. Use straw to make hole near top of each cutout.
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3:
Bake 10 to 12 min. or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 3 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. Decorate as desired. Insert ribbon through holes to hang cookies on tree.
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