Touchdown Ginger Cookies

Name: Touchdown Ginger Cookies
Ingredients: 3/4 cups Butter Flavored Shortening; 1 cup Sugar, Plus More For Rolling Cookies; 1 whole Egg; 1/4 cups Molasses; 2 cups Flour; 2 teaspoons Baking Soda; 1 teaspoon Cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoons Ginger; 1/2 teaspoons Salt; 1/4 teaspoons Cloves; 1/4 teaspoons Cardamom

11 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

3/4 cups Butter Flavored Shortening
1 cup Sugar, Plus More For Rolling Cookies
1 whole Egg
1/4 cups Molasses
2 cups Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoons Ginger
1/2 teaspoons Salt
1/4 teaspoons Cloves
1/4 teaspoons Cardamom

Directions

1

Cream the shortening and sugar. Add egg and molasses and beat well. Sift the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, salt, cloves, cardamom) together and add to the egg-molasses mixture.
2

Mold into small balls and roll in granulated sugar. Do not flatten.
3

Bake at 350°F for about 10 minutes. Yum!
4

Notes:
5

You can also just use 1/2 teaspoon cloves and omit the cardamom. You can also roll this in raw sugar, which makes them prettier.