Recipe - Merry Christmas Molasses Cookies

2/3 cup Brown sugar,packed
2/3 cup Shortening
1 1/3 cup Molasses
2 Eggs
5 One half cup Allpurpose flour
4 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
2 teaspoon Ground ginger
2 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Salt

Mix brown sugar,shortening and molasses.Stir in remaining
ingredients.Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.Heat oven to 375
degrees.Roll dough 1/2" thick on a lightly floured cloth covered board.Cut
into desired shapes with cookie cutters.Place about 1" apart on lightly
greased cookie sheets.Bake until no indentation remains when touched,about
7 to 8 minutes;cool.Frost and decorate as desired.Makes 5 dozen 3" cookies.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini