Chewy Ginger Cookies
INGREDIENTS:
2 c Sugar
1 c Molasses
1 c Crisco
2 Eggs
2 ts Soda
4 c Flour
2 ts Ginger
2 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Cloves
1/2 ts Salt
2 c Sugar
1 c Molasses
1 c Crisco
2 Eggs
2 ts Soda
4 c Flour
2 ts Ginger
2 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Cloves
1/2 ts Salt
Mix well by hand and add: Mix all together (by hand -
not mixer). Roll into balls the size of a small walnut, then roll into red and green colored sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for about 9 minutes. The cookies will look not quite done, but not baking them until hard makes them chewy. The cookies will sink down and have cracks in them.
not mixer). Roll into balls the size of a small walnut, then roll into red and green colored sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for about 9 minutes. The cookies will look not quite done, but not baking them until hard makes them chewy. The cookies will sink down and have cracks in them.