Grandma's Molasses Christmas Crinkles

Submitted by Northern Cook

"This is another one of my Grandma's cookie recipes. She'd serve these along with an assortment of other cookies at Christmas."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 48 cookies
• Serves: 48

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup shortening (she always used Crisco)
• 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 1 egg
• 1⁄4 cup molasses
• 2 cups flour (sifted)
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 cup granulated sugar (approximately)

directions

1. Thoroughly mix wet ingredients together - - shortening, sugar, egg and molasses.
2. Blend all dry ingredients together and then stir into the wet ingredients.
3. Chill cookie dough for 1 hour.
4. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
5. Roll dough into balls the size of large walnuts.
6. Dip tips of balls into sugar.
7. Place, sugared side up, 3" apart on a greased baking sheet.
8. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.