Recipe - Molasses Crinkles

Three fourths cup Shortening
1 cup Packed brown sugar
1 Egg
One fourth cup Molasses
2 One fourth cup Sifted flour
2 teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Cloves
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ginger

Mix together shortening, sugar, egg, and molasses. Sift remaining
ingredients together and add. Chill dough.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Roll dough into balls about the size of large walnuts. Dip tops in sugar.
Place, sugar side up, 3 inches apart on greased baking sheets. Sprinkle
each cookie with 2 or 3 drops of water to produce a crackled surface. Bake
until just set, not hard, about 1012 minutes.

* The Polka Dot Palace BBS 12018223627. Posted by FAYLEN

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #704 by Lisa Clarke lisa@gaf.com on Aug 1,
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