Description
A recipe for Ginger Maple Cutout Cookies

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup vegetable shortening
  
• 1/3 cup (5 1/3 tablespoons) butter, softened
  
• 1 cup Maple Grove Pure Maple Syrup, at room temperature
  
• 1 tablespoon Grandma's Original Molasses
  
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  
• 4 cups unbleached or whole-wheat flour
  
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Preparation
Cream together shortening and butter in large bowl. Gradually beat in maple syrup, molasses and vanilla. Mix flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cloves and nutmeg and work them into creamed mixture about 1 cup at a time. Using floured hands, divide dough in half and wrap each half in plastic; flatten each into a disk. Chill at least 2 hours.*

Preheat oven to 350°F and lightly grease baking sheet or line with ungreased parchment paper. Roll dough out, one half at a time, onto sheet of waxed paper, to a little less than 1/4 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes, transfer to baking sheet, and bake 8 to 10 minutes, until bottoms are golden. Cool briefly on sheet, transfer to wire rack to finish cooling. Decorate as desired.

*It is important to chill dough at least 2 hours before rolling, otherwise it will be difficult to handle.

Nutrition
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Serves
Yield: Varies

Variations
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