Recipe - Ginger-Pecan Chews

One half cup Granulated sugar
One half cup Butter or margarine
Softened
One half cup Molasses
1 Jar crystallized ginger
Chopped
2 2/3 Ounces, about One half cup
1 Egg
2 cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Ground ginger
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
One half cup Pecans chopped

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 2 One half to 3 dozen.

Recipe By : Gold Medal, Harvest Cooking & Baking

From: Stephanie Da Silva

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