Sugar and Spice Cookies
- Mix together:
- ¾ cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 egg
- ¼ cup molasses
- Then add:
- 2 & ½ cup plus 6 tbsp flour (I sometimes use 3 cups plus 3 T.)
- 2 t. soda
- ¼ t. salt
- 1 t. cinnamon
- ¾ t. ground cloves
- ¼ t. ginger
- Chill 3 hours.
- Form into 1 ounce balls the size of small walnuts.
- Chill 30 minutes or more.
- Just before baking, remove from the refrigerator the amount needed for the cookie sheet(s).
- Roll in granulated sugar and bake immediately.
- Keep the rest of the un-sugared cookie balls cold until time to bake them.
- Place 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
- Remove from hot cookie sheet as soon as the cookies have set long enough to be moved without breaking up.
- Makes 30 to 32 cookies.
Recipe by Hopelessly Hopeful at http://www.hopelessly-hopeful.com/2018/06/04/sugar-and-spice-cookies/
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