Ginger Cookies

By Miamianne

Thin and Delicate

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. cloves
• 3/4 cup shortening (1/2 cup butter and 1/4 cup lard)
• 1 1/2 tsp .soda
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 4 tablespoons molasses
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. ginger

Preparation

Step 1

Mix the first 4 ingredients well; add dry ingredients and mix well.
Roll teaspoonfuls of dough into a ball and flatten on a well- greased cookie sheet with the bottom of a tumbler dipped in sugar. Cookies are VERY thin.
Bake at 325° F. about 12 minutes. These may be decorated as desired for Christmas cookies. Yields about 5 dozen cookies.