Ginger-pecan chews

30 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupGranulated sugar
½cupButter or margarine --
Softened
½cupMolasses
1Jar crystallized ginger --
Chopped
2⅔Ounces, about 1/2 cup
1Egg
2cupsAll-purpose flour
1teaspoonGround ginger
½teaspoonBaking soda
½teaspoonSalt
½cupPecans -- chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix the sugar, margarine, molasses, crystallized ginger and egg in a large bowl. Stir in the flour, ground ginger, baking soda and salt. Stir in the pecans. Drop the dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Press a pecan half in the center of each cookie, if desired. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes, or until almost no indentation remains when touched in the center. Immediately remove from the cookie sheets. Cool on wire racks.

Makes 2½ to 3 dozen.

Recipe By : Gold Medal, Harvest Cooking & Baking From: Stephanie Da Silva

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