Molases Crinkles

By LoriCaputo

Ingredients

• ¾ cup shortening, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 beaten egg
• ¼ cup molasses
• 2 ¼ cups flour
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• ½ tsp. ground cloves
• ¼ cup sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Mix together all the ingredients, except ¼ cup of the sugar. Chill dough 4 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Shape dough into walnut sized pieces. Drop shaped cookies into the sugar, and bake 15 minutes.

*Alternate mixing method: cream shortening and sugar, add egg and molasses. Sift dry ingredients into shoretening mix.