Recipe - 1995 4th Place Friendship Cookies

2 One fourth cup Unsifted allpurpose flour
Three fourths cup Vegetable oil
One half cup Sugar
1 Egg
One fourth cup Pure maple syrup
One fourth cup Sorghum molasses
2 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Ground ginger
One half teaspoon Cinnamon
One half teaspoon Ground cardamom
One fourth teaspoon Salt
Additional sugar for coating

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Have ungreased baking sheet(s) ready.

2. Combine all ingredients, except sugar for coating, in large bowl of an
electric mixer. Beat on low speed until combined. Refrigerate to firm dough
slightly, about 20 minutes.

3. Roll into large balls, using One fourth cup dough each for large cookies or a
scant tablespoon for smaller cookies (dough will be soft). Roll in
additional sugar to coat. Arrange on baking sheet, spacing them 3 inches
apart.

4. Bake until set, about 15 minutes for large cookies and 10 minutes for
smaller ones. Cool on baking sheet 1 minute before transferring to wire
rack to cool.

Fourthplace winner in the 1995 Chicago Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest: by
Agnes Da Costa of Countryside
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #338

From: Linda Place placel@worldnet.att.net

Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 12:22:52 +0000