Ginger Cookies

Total Time: 5 hrs 6 mins Preparation Time: 5 hrs Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup molasses
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves

Recipe

• 1 the oven must be preheated to 375 degrees f.
• 2 cream the butter, which must be soft and the sugar.
• 3 stir in the egg, molasses and vinegar; beat well.
• 4 shift dry ingredients. (the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves); stir them into the wet ingrdients.
• 5 chill the dough for 3 hours or overnight.
• 6 after the 3 hours or the next day, on a floured surface, roll the dough to 1/8 of an inch thick. (or as close to that as you can, just make sure that they are the same thickness so that they will bake evenly).
• 7 cut into shapes and place 1 inch apart on a greased baking sheet.
• 8 at this point you can decorate the cookies with candy, raisins, nuts and colored sugars if you want.
• 9 bake at 375 degrees f for about 6 minutes.
• 10 cool slightly; remove cookies from cookie sheet and cool them on a rack or an unfolded brown paper bag.
• 11 enjoy!