Molasses Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup crisco or 3/4 cup other vegetable shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• additional sugar, for coating cookies before baking

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
• 3 melt shortening in small saucepan over low heat.
• 4 pour melted shortening in large bowl and let stand until cool.
• 5 mix in 1 cup of sugar, molasses and egg.
• 6 combine dry ingredients (flour-nutmeg) together.
• 7 stir into shortening/sugar mixture.
• 8 cover and refrigerate dough for at least 10 minutes.
• 9 pour additional sugar (about 1/4 cup) in bowl.
• 10 shape dough into 1-inch balls and roll in sugar to coat.
• 11 place cookies on prepared cookie sheets, 2 inches apart.
• 12 bake cookies 8-10 minutes or until barely set (will finish setting as they cool).
• 13 transfer cookies to wire rack to finish cooling.