molasses crinkles

How To Make molasses crinkles

• 1

  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2

  Mix together shortening/butter, brown sugar, egg and molasses.
• 3

  Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon and ginger. Add sifted ingredients to wet ingredients, mix thoroughly.
• 4

  Chill dough, approximately 30 minutes. Roll scoops of dough into balls the size of walnuts.
• 5

  Dip tops into sugar and place sugar side up, 3 inches apart, on sprayed cookie sheet. Sprinkle each cookie with 2-3 drops of water.
• 6

  Bake 9 minutes, just until set but not hard. Makes approximately 4 dozen cookies.
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