Sugar and Spice Cookies
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Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions
  1. Chill 3 hours.
  2. Form into 1 ounce balls the size of small walnuts.
  3. Chill 30 minutes or more.
  4. Just before baking, remove from the refrigerator the amount needed for the cookie sheet(s).
  5. Roll in granulated sugar and bake immediately.
  6. Keep the rest of the un-sugared cookie balls cold until time to bake them.
  7. Place 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.
  8. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
  9. Remove from hot cookie sheet as soon as the cookies have set long enough to be moved without breaking up.
  10. Makes 30 to 32 cookies.
Recipe by Hopelessly Hopeful at http://www.hopelessly-hopeful.com/2018/06/04/sugar-and-spice-cookies/