Millicent and Malia: Molasses Spice Cookies

I've got a delicious fall-ish recipe for you: Molasses Spice Cookies.

Give me these cookies and a cup of good coffee and I'm in heaven! This is just one of my Grandma Millicent's recipes that I've been savoring (literally) as I go through her collection.

Ingredients

3/4 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

1 egg

3 tablespoons molasses

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ginger

1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

Blend shortening with sugar and add egg and molasses.

Add dry ingredients and mix well.

Chill dough for 1 hour.

Form into balls about 3/4 inch in diameter.

Roll in a cinnamon-sugar mixture (1/3 cup sugar with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon)

Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Do not overbake.

Cookie should be soft in the center when removed from oven.

 
 Wishing you a sweet day!