RECIPE: Molasses Cookies - 375 F oven

  3/4 cup shortening              1.5 cup for double batch
  1 cup sugar                     2 cups
  1/4 cup molasses                1/2 cup
  1 egg                           2 eggs
  2 teaspoons baking soda         4 tsp
  2 cups flour                    4 cups
  1/2 teaspoon ground cloves      1 tsp
  1/2 teaspoon ground ginger      1 tsp
  1 teaspoon gound cinnamon       2 tsp

  Melt shortening.  Stir in sugar and molasses.  Add egg, beating
very well.  Add baking soda, flour, cloves, ginger and cinnamon.
Mix until well blended.  Chill dough few minutes.  Shape dough into
size of small walnuts and roll in sugar.  Place on greased baking
sheet about 2 inches apart.
  Bake at 375 degrees 10 to 12 minutes.  Let stand 2 minutes before
removing from baking sheet.  Place cookies on rack to cool.  Makes
about 3 dozen cookies.
  [Los Angeles Times, date unknown.]

  [While this was published in the "My Best Recipe" column, I
suspect you'll also find it in one of the standard cookbooks (such
as Betty Crockers).  In any case, it's my wife's favorite cookie.
If they're as popular in your house as they are at ours, you'll be
making double batches, which is why I've gone through and given you
2x quantities!]

[1991]

Hazel Boston-Baden, P.O. Box 17522, Anaheim CA 92817.
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