Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar well. Add molasses and sour cream. Mix well. Mix the soda with the vinegar and add it along with ginger and salt. Stir in beaten eggs, then sifted flour. Drop by rounded tablepooons onto greased cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Bake 10 to 12 munutes. Remove from pan and cool on sheets of waxed paper. Finished cookies should be about 3 1/2 inches across. Frost.

Frosting: First heat together the milk and the butter. With a wooden spoon beat sugar with hot milk and butter mixture. (Put extra milk on to heat.)

Beat in extract. If necessary, add additional hot milk until creamy and spreadable. Work quickly and frost immediately. If frosting begins to harden, beat in another drop of hot milk. Frost thinly and let cookies dry before stacking.

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