Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
12 cup sugar
12 cup shortening
12 cup light molasses
1 egg
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
14 teaspoon salt
13 cup cold water
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Preheat oven to 400F. Grease cookie sheets. In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat all ingredients except raisins until well blended. Drop mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls, at least 2 inches apart, onto cookie sheets. Place 3 to 5 raisins on top of each cookie, if desired. Bake 8 minutes or until top of cookie springs back when lightly pressed with finger. Remove cookies from cookie sheet and place on wire rack to cool.
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Science-driven American baking — cookies, pies, cakes with precision
Air-insulated sheet — no burnt bottoms on delicate cookies
Assorted shapes for cookies, biscuits, pastry cutout
Large disher — bakery-size cookies, jumbo muffins, falafel