Sugar And Spice Cookies

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 large egg, beaten lightly
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• sugar, for dipping the balls of dough

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl cream shortening with the brown sugar until mixture is light and fluffy. stir in the egg and the molasses.
• 2 in another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt.
• 3 add the flour mixture, in batches, to the shortening mixture. blend the dough well.
• 4 chill the dough, covered, for 1 hour.
• 5 roll leve1 tablespoons of the dough into balls, dip one side of each ball into the granulated sugar, and arrange sugared sides up about 3 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheets.
• 6 bake the cookies in batches in a 375° oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they are puffed and cracked on top.
• 7 transfer the cookies to racks and let them cool.