Molasses Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup crisco shortening, melted and cooled
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup fancy baking molasses
• 3/4 cup oatmeal (5 min. not instant)

Recipe

• 1 sift all dry ingredients to gether except oats.
• 2 melt crisco and let cool.
• 3 add egg, molasses, combine well with the melted shortening.
• 4 add all dry ingredients, mix well.
• 5 add oats.
• 6 mix well.
• 7 roll into balls and flatten with a sugared glass bottom.
• 8 bake 350 degrees f.
• 9 bake 10- 11 minutes for chewy cookies bake 12- 13 minutes for hard crisp cookies.
• 10 watch cookies as they will change quickly the las t few minutes.