Soft Chewy Molasses Cookies
These are rich, sweet, chewy cookies.
Steps
Preheat oven 350f.
Mix on low speed electric mixer shortening , molasses , 1 cup sugar and egg.
Cream mixture.
Slowly add the remaining ingredients except 1 / 2 cup of white sugar.
Mix on medium.
Get 1 / 2 cup white sugar and pour into plate.
By teaspoonful roll dough into ball then into sugar.
Place each cookie on greased baking sheet.
Bake 5-10 minutes.
You are looking for cookie to puff up and start to crack slightly.
Take out as soon as cookies appear to have cracks allover.
This will ensure you have a chewy cookie.
Ingredients
solid shortening, white sugar, molasses, egg, white flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground cloves, ground ginger, vanilla