Molasses Sugar Cookies

Name: Molasses Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 3 h 40 min
Cook time: 3 h 40 min
Total time: 3 h 40 min
Yield: 72
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons baking soda; 2 eggs; 946 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 118 milliliters molasses; 1 teaspoon salt; 355 milliliters shortening; 473 milliliters white sugar

Molasses Sugar Cookies requires roughly 3 hours and 40 minutes from start to finish. This dessert has 93 calories, 1g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 72. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. Not It is a good option if you're following a dairy free and vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up baking soda, ground cloves, ground ginger, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Melt the shortening in a large pan on the stove, and cool.

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Shortening

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Frying Pan

Add sugar, eggs, and molasses, beat well.

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Molasses

Sugar

Egg

In a separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together and add to the pan.

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Bowl

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Mix well and chill 3 hours or overnight.

Form into walnut-size balls.

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Walnuts

Roll in granulated sugar.

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Granulated Sugar

Roll

Place on greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8-10 minutes.

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Oven

Store in an airtight container to keep from getting overly crisp. If they do lose their softness, an easy way to restore it is to place one slice of fresh bread in the container with the cookies for a couple of hours or overnight and they will be soft again!

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Bread