Name: Ginger Spice Cookies
Prep time: 16 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter flavored Crisco; 1 cup sugar, + some for rolling; 1 egg, large; 1/4 cup molasses; 2 cup flour; 2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1/2 tsp ground cloves; 1/2 tsp salt

Ginger Spice Cookies.

You can cook Ginger Spice Cookies using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Ginger Spice Cookies

It's 3/4 cup of butter flavored Crisco.
Prepare 1 cup of sugar, + some for rolling.
It's 1 of egg, large.
Prepare 1/4 cup of molasses.
You need 2 cup of flour.
It's 2 tsp of baking soda.
You need 1 tsp of cinnamon.
Prepare 1 tsp of ground ginger.
You need 1/2 tsp of ground cloves.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.

Ginger Spice Cookies step by step

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Sift or wisk all dry ingredients together: flour, baking soda & spices.
In large bowel with electric mixer, combine shortening and sugar, blending until creamy (about 2 mins).
Add egg & molasses until completely incorporated.
Slowly mix in dry ingredients with a spoon/spatula.
Roll into 1 inch balls and roll in sugar.
Place on cookie sheet, bake 8-10 minutes or until just set around edges and you see crackling on top (they will puff then flatten); don't overbake, they should stay chewy in the middle.