Recipe - Ginger Sugar Cookies

2 cup Sifted all purpose flour
2 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Cloves
1 teaspoon Ginger
One half teaspoon Salt
&1/3 cups sugar
Three fourths cup Soft shortening
One fourth cup Light molasses
1 Egg

1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Lightly grease cookie sheet.

2. Sift flour with baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and salt; set
aside.

3. In large bowl of electric mixer, at medium speed, gradually add 1 cup
sugar to shortening, creaming until light and fluffy about 5 minutes.
Blend in molasses and egg.

4. At low speed, beat in flour mixture just until well mixed, scraping down
side of bowl with rubber scraper. Refrigerate dough 1 hour.

5. Pinch off pieces of dough; shape into 1&One fourth inch balls. Roll in remaing
sugar.

6. Place 2&One half inches apart, on prepared cookie sheets; bake 8 to 10
minutes, or until goldenbrown. Remover to wire rack; cool.. These cookies
will have a crinkled surface. Makes 3&One half dozen

This recipe from McCalls Cookie Collection

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by Judy Ferbert
ajewell@sound.net on Jul 6, 1997