This handed-down recipe from my Grandma brings back great memories.
ingredients
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2-3/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
Sugar
instructions
- Mix shortening, sugar, egg, and molasses together; beat well.
- Sift together dry ingredients; add to first mixture.
- Chill.
- Preheat oven to 350˚F.
- Form dough into 1″ balls, then roll in sugar*.
yields
Approximately 8 dozen
source
My grandma
notes
*I use a combination of turbinado and granulated sugars.
