joe froggers

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup dark molasses
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 12 mins Ready Time: 10 hrs


• in a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar together. mix in molasses and water. sift together flour, salt, baking soda, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice in a bowl; blend into the shortening mixture. cover and chill overnight.
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). lightly grease cookie sheets. roll out cookie dough 1/4 inch thick on floured surface. cut with 3-inch cookie cutter and arrange on prepared cookie sheets. sprinkle cookies with additional sugar (optional).
• bake until cookies are set up and very lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes. you need to leave cookies on cookie sheet for 2 minutes after baking to keep them from breaking.