Ingredients
The following ingredients have 36 Servings
- 1 c. sugar
- 3/4 c. crisco (vegetable Shortening)
- 1/4 c. molasses
- 1 large egg
- 2 c. flour
- 2 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp. ground cardamom
- 1/4 tsp. salt
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix sugar, shortening, molasses, and egg together until well combined. Dump in dry ingredients, stirring dry ingredients together lightly. Mix together until dough is combined.
- In your hands roll dough into walnut-sized balls, then generously coat each ball with sugar. Place balls on a baking sheet and bake for 9 to 11 minutes, allowing to bake for about a minute after cookies begin to crack.
- Remove cookies from baking sheet and allow to cool…though these are delicious while still warm.<br><br>Fun variation: Drizzle melted white chocolate in decorative stripes over the top of each cookie. Allow to harden before serving. Or: dip half of each cookie in melted white chocolate. Yum.<br><br>Another fun variation: Roll the cookie dough in gold, sparkling sugar instead of granulated sugar before baking. Crunchy, sweet and sparkly!<br><br>Another fun, fun variation: make sandwiches using two cookies and a scoop of cinnamon ice cream. Yikes. <br><br>Another really fun variation: eat all the cookies yourself, then hide all the evidence.
