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Dorothy's Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Boys

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 c blackstrap molasses
  • 1/4 c soft butter
  • 1/2 c Sucanat or Rapadura
  • 1/2 c cold water
  • 3 c Summers Sprouted Wheat Flour 
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 1 tsp clove
  • 1 tsp baking soda

Instructions
 

  • Cream together:  3/4 c. blackstrap molasses, 1/4 c. soft butter, 1/2 c. Sucanat or Rapadura
  • Stir in 1/2 c. cold water. 
  • Mix together and add:  2 c. Summers Sprouted Wheat Flour, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. allspice, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. ginger, 1 tsp. clove 
  • Dissolve 1 tsp. BAKING SODA into 2 Tbsp. cold water.
  • Mix evenly into batter.
  • Add and mix into a stiff dough:  1 more c.  Summers Sprouted Wheat Flour
  • Cover bowl with a plate and chill for 4-12 hours.
  • Roll out dough on lightly floured board in 1/8-1/4 inch thick slab.  OR pinch off pieces and roll into balls. Press with cookie cutter  for designs or press between palms for rounds. Place on greased cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes depending upon thickness and dimensions of cookie shapes (smaller/thinner: less time;  thicker/bigger: more time)
  • Can be decorated with icing.          
    --Thanks, G.A.Ellis, for sharing this 50-yr-old family recipe!