Ginger Mounds

Name: Ginger Mounds
Ingredients: 3/4 cups Shortening; 1 cup Sugar; 1 whole Egg; 1/4 cups Molasses; 2 cups Flour; 1 teaspoon Baking Soda; 1 teaspoon Cinnamon; 1 teaspoon Ground Cloves; 1 teaspoon Ground Ginger; 1/4 teaspoons Salt; 1/2 cups Sugar, For Rolling Cookies In

11 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

3/4 cups Shortening
1 cup Sugar
1 whole Egg
1/4 cups Molasses
2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ground Cloves
1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
1/4 teaspoons Salt
1/2 cups Sugar, For Rolling Cookies In

Directions

1

Cream together 3/4 cup shortening and 1 cup sugar. Beat until it's light and fluffy. Beat in 1 egg and 1/4 cup molasses.
2

Sift the dry ingredients together.
3

Add the dry ingredients to the wet batter.
4

Pour 1/2 cup sugar on plate for rolling balls. Shape into 1-inch balls, and roll each one in sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet.
5

Bake at 325F for 12 minutes.
6

*Be careful: these are addictive.