Molasses-Ginger Cookies

Mix together:
3/4 cups shortening
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg.

Sift together (or, mix well):
2 c flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp Cloves
1/2 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt


Stir in dry ingredients
Chill.
heat oven 375
Roll dough into balls size of walnuts. Dip top in sugar.
Place on greased baking sheets about 3" apart.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes.
Makes about 4 dozen.

This recipe is from my grandmother; my dad's mom. I don not know where she got it but will ask. She used to have them made when we'd stay with her, and the feeling of sitting down in front of "you can't do that on television" with some milk and a ginger cookie is the coziest feeling ever. We didn't have Nickelodeon, so you understand...

Later my friend Jen B saw this recipe and noted the "Chill" step and thought it was so funny. Like this was the time in the recipe that we were all supposed to just "chill".

This is the only recipe I have that is properly written on one index card.