Moravian Spice Crisps

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup shortening
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses, unsulfured
• 1/4 cup dark corn syrup
• 1 3/4-2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 melt shortening in small saucepan over low heat.
• 2 remove from heat; stir in brown sugar, molasses and corn syrup.
• 3 set aside; cool.
• 4 place 1 1/2 cups flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves in large bowl; stir to combine.
• 5 beat in shortening mixture.
• 6 gradually beat in remaining 1/4 cup flour to form stiff dough.
• 7 knead dough on lightly floured surface, adding more flour if too sticky.
• 8 form dough into 2 discs; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes or until firm.
• 9 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 10 grease cookie sheets; set aside.
• 11 working with 1 disc at a time, roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/16-inch thickness.
• 12 cut dough with floured 2 3/8-inch cookie cutter.
• 13 (if dough becomes too soft, refrigerate several minutes before continuing.) gently press dough trimmings together; reroll and cut out more cookies.
• 14 place cutouts 1/2-inch apart on prepared cookie sheets.
• 15 bake 8 minutes or until firm and lightly browned.
• 16 remove cookies to wire racks; cool completely.
• 17 place small strips of cardboard or parchment paper over cookies; dust with sifted powdered sugar.
• 18 carefully remove cardboard.