Soft Molasses Cookies

🥘 Ingredients

• flour 4 cups
• baking soda 2 tsp
• ginger 1 ½ tsp
• shortening, melted 1 cup
• sugar ¼ cup
• salt 1 ½ tsp
• cinnamon 2 tsp
• cloves ½ tsp
• molasses 1 ½ cups
• egg 1

1. 1

   flour baking soda ginger shortening, melted sugar salt cinnamon cloves molasses egg
2. 2

   Add molasses and sugar to melted shortening. Cool slightly. Stir in egg and gradually add flour with spices. Chill dough until stiff enough to handle. Make into 1 1/2 inch balls and place on greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake for 15 minutes or until brown at 350 degrees. Makes about 5 dozen.