Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1 cup shortening
1 cup dark molasses
2 eggs
4 cups sifted flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsps cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
Preparation
Cream together the sugar and shortening. Add molasses and unbeaten eggs. Mix well. Sift together the dry ingerdients and stir in. Put 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl. Dip fingers into sugar, then pinch off a ball of dough and roll in to the size and shape of a walnut. Dip the rolled ball into the bowl of sugar. Place balls on a greased cookie sheet about three inches apart. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. This recipe makes four dozen large soft cookies, twenty-four to a standard cookie sheet. The dough will keep indefinitely in the refrigerator.
