Soft Baked Molasses Cookies

Total Time: 59 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 44 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 8 ounces fat free sour cream
• 1/2 cup light margarine or 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup dark molasses
• 1 large egg
• 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 375°f.
• 2 mix sugars, sour cream, molasses, egg, margarine, and shortening in a large bowl until smooth.
• 3 stir in remaining ingredients. do not over mix!
• 4 drop by rounded tablespoonful onto an ungreased cookis sheet. place about 2 inches apart.
• 5 bake time is roughly 10-12 minutes or until the cookies have browned. may be hard to gage by color so bake until almost no indentation remains in center of cookie when touched.
• 6 cool on wire rack.
• 7 serve by themselves or dipped in whipped cream!