Ginger Cookies
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 1 egg, well-beaten
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup sour milk or buttermilk
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Cream shortening. Add sugar. Beat with enthusiasm. Sift remaining dry ingredients. Add well-beaten egg to creamed shortening and sugar and then add the dry ingredients, molasses and buttermilk gradually, beating with vigor. Drop from spoon onto a greased pan, some distance apart. Bake in a oven heated to 350F at 350°F.
*These cookies spread while baking.
*These cookies spread while baking.
Submitted by Jul 31, 2009
15 min 30 min 45 min
15 min 30 min 45 min