Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

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Cookies
1/2 c Brown sugar
1 3/4 c Butter
1/2 c Molasses
3/4 tb Cinnamon
3/4 tb Ground ginger
1/2 tb Ground cloves
1 1/4 c Heavy cream
1/2 tb Baking soda
1 ts Water
5 1/2 c Flour
Cookie paint
1 lg Egg yolk
2 tb Milk or water
Food coloring
Cookie icing
1/2 c Melted butter
4 c Confectioners sugar
2 tb Vanilla
Few drops milk or light
Cream
Few drops food coloring

Cookies: cr eam the sugar and butter. Stir in the molasses and
spices. Whip the cream until just stiff and blend it into the butter
molasses mixture, little by little. Dilute the baking soda in the
water and blend it in well into the batter. Work in the f When you
are ready to cut out the cookies, let the dough stand at room temp
about 1/2 hour before starting.

preheat oven to 350 Grease a cookie sheet, flour a board and rolling
pin lightly and roll out a small piece of dough to test to see if it
is of the right consistency. if it is not stiff enough, workin more
flour. Roll the dough thin and cut out shapes with cookie cutters.

this recipe makes a huge amunt of dough because of the tradition of
inviting friends in to help cut and decorate the cookies.

Before baknig you can paint some of the cookies, using the cookie
paint, and decorate them with raisins. sprinkles or candied fruits.
Place the decorated and undecorated shapes on cookie sheets and bake
them 5-7 minutes until they are nicely browned. When cooled, the
cookies may be iced. Store them in an airtight container. The dough
freezes well and also c

Cookie Paint: beat the yolk lightly, add milk or water, divide this
mixture into as many batches as the different colors you wish to
use. Add a few drops of food coloring to each batch. Using a small
paintbrush, paint the cookies. This must be done befor

Recipe By : "The Flavors of Jerusalem" by Nathan and Goldman

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