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The FAIRTRADE COOKBOOK
Fair Trade Recipes for a Fairer World


Gingersnaps

This is an American recipe.

Ingredients

225 gm butter (unsalted)
300 gm FAIRTRADE Raw Cane Sugar
3 ml vanilla essence
2 hens eggs
75 ml molasses or thick treacle
700 gm plain flour
12 ml baking soda
5 ml FAIRTRADE ground cinnamon
5 ml FAIRTRADE ground ginger
FAIRTRADE Sources
Herbs and Spices
Sugar

Method

Preparation


Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add the vanilla and eggs and beat until fluffy.
Add the treacle and mix well.
Sift the dry ingredients and gradually incorporate in the butter mix.
Stop mixing as soon as they are all added.
Put the dough into a plastic freezer bag and then shape the dough using a cake or loaf tin.
Freeze overnight.

Cooking


Thinly slice cookies from the frozen block.
Place on a lightly greased baking tray and bake for 12 minutes at Gas Mark 3.