Ginger Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup dark molasses

Recipe

• 1 mix all the dry ingredients together: baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and salt.
• 2 blend together the sugar, shortening, egg and molasses and pour into dry ingredients, mix well and form into balls. press down to 1/2 inches, sprinkle sugar on top. bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes until starts to crack on top.