ginger cream cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• cream the shortening, sugar, egg, molasses and water. mix in the flour, salt, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon. cover and chill for 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (205 degrees c).
• drop teaspoonfuls of dough ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. bake for about 8 minutes.