Recipe - Grandmas Special Tea Cookies

1 cup Shortening
One half teaspoon Salt
3 teaspoon Soda
2 teaspoon Ginger
2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Allspice or cloves
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Molasses
1 Egg
4 Three fourths cup Flour (sifted)
Three fourths cup Double strength cold coffee

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Cream together first 7 ingredients (left to
right); blend in molasses. Beat in egg; add sifted flour alternately with
coffee. Drop from teaspoon onto lightly greased cookie sheets about 2
inches apart. Bake 15 minutes or until done. Yield: 5 dozen.

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