12 Days of Christmas Recipe Contest Winner: Molasses Cookies

• Produce

  • 4 tsp Ginger, ground

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Condiments

  • 1/2 cup Molasses

• Baking & Spices

  • 4 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 1/2 cups Butter flavor shortening
  • 1 1/2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1 tsp Cloves, ground
  • 2 cups Granulated sugar
  • 1 Sugar to roll the dough balls in

Found on sixsistersstuff.com

Description

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 1 1/2 cups butter flavor shortening
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup molasses
• sugar to roll the dough balls in

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl stir together flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves. Set aside.
• In a large bowl beat shortening for 30 seconds. Add the 2 cups granulated sugar; beat until combined. Beat in eggs and molasses until combined. Beat in half of flour mixture. Stir in remaining flour mixture. Shape dough into about 1-1/2 to 2 inch balls. Roll in sugar. Place balls 2-1/2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until cookies are light brown and puffed. (Do not overbake or cookies will not be chewy.) Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Transfer to wire racks; cool. Makes about 50 (2-inch) cookies.