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Spicy
Gingerbread Men
Jiffy Cinnamon Rolls
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1 egg yolk
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Original recipe makes 12 rolls.
Directions:
Ingredients:
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December 19.2012
For best flavor, do NOT use
blackstrap molasses. Original
recipe makes 2 1/2 dozen.
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until smooth. Stir in molasses and
egg yolk. Combine the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and
nutmeg; blend into the molasses mixture until smooth. Cover, and chill for at least one hour.
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough
out to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 2 inches
apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until firm. Remove from cookie sheets to
cool on wire racks. Frost or decorate when cool.
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Grease the bottoms and sides of a 12-cup muffin tin.
2. Cream 1/3 cup butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon
together. Drop 1 teaspoon into each muffin cup.
Reserve the remaining mixture.
3. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking
powder, and salt. Cut in 1/4 cup cold butter until
crumbly. Make a well in center, and pour in the milk.
Stir to form a soft dough, adding a bit more milk if
needed.
4. Turn the dough out on lightly floured surface.
Knead 8 to 10 times. Pat dough into rectangle about
1/3 inch thick and 12 inches long. Spread the
remaining cinnamon mixture over dough rectangle.
5. Sprinkle currants over top. Roll up like a jelly roll
into a long log. Mark the dough first, to make sure
you know where to cut, then cut the log into 12
slices. Place cut-side down in the prepared muffin
pan.
6. Bake in in the preheated oven until golden brown,
20 to 25 minutes. Turn rolls out on a serving tray.
7. For the glaze, add milk to the confectioners' sugar
and stir well, adding more liquid if necessary to make
a thin glaze. Drizzle over cinnamon rolls.
Ingredients:
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 teaspoons ground cinna­
mon
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter, chilled
• 1 cup cold milk
• 1/3 cup currants
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar,
sifted
• 3 tablespoons milk
Killer Stole Gun
c o n t i n u e d f r o m page 3
He fatally shot Steven M athew
Forsyth, 45. o f W est Linn and
Cindy Ann Yuilie, 54 of northeast
Portland, the sheriff said. Kristina
Shevchenko, 15, was seriously
w ounded.
Roberts then fled along a mall
corridor and into a back hallway,
dow n stairs and into a corner
where police found him dead from
an apparent self-inflicted gun­
shot, authorities said.
People at the mall were heroic in
helping get shoppers out of the
building, including m edical per­
sonnel who rendered aid.
In response to previous mass
shootings elsew here, the first ar­
riving officers were trained to form
team s and go inside instead of
waiting for special SW AT teams.
Em ployees at the mall also re­
ceived training to handle such a
situation.
“This could have been much
w orse,” Sheriff Roberts said.
In response to the tragic shoot­
ing, Portland police are providing
extra patrols at shopping malls
and retail districts throughout the
rem ainder o f the holiday season.
Officers will also conduct extra
patrols abound m ovie theaters to
help people feel reassured about
their personal safety.
"My thoughts and prayers are
with the individuals and fam ilies
im pacted by this senseless act of
violence," said C hief Mike Reese.
The Portland Police Bureau
also has a rem inder for people
com ing across suspicious activ­
ity, "If you see som ething, say
som ething."