eggless ginger cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup dark molasses
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• preheat oven to 425 degrees f (220 degrees c). lightly grease cookie sheets.
• in a large bowl, cream together the sugar and shortening until smooth. stir in the molasses. combine the baking soda, ginger,cinnamon and 3 3/4 cups of the flour; blend into the molasses mixture. add more flour if necessary to make dough stiff enough to roll out. use remaining flour to dust rolling surface. roll dough out to 1/4 inch thickness and cut with cookie cutters.
• bake for 5 to 7 minutes in the preheated oven. remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.