- 1 cup [225 g] shortening
- 1/2 cup [115 g] butter
- 2 cups [400 g] sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup [125 mL] molasses
- 4 cups [560 g] sifted all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons [20 mL] baking soda
- 2 teaspoons [10 mL] ground clove
- 2 teaspoons [10 mL] cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons [10 mL] ginger
- Sugar
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- Preheat oven to 350°F [180°C].
- Well beat together shortening and butter.
- Slowly mix in sugar, beating until smooth.
- Well mix in eggs and molasses.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, ground clove, cinnamon and ginger.
- Slowly fold flour mixture into creamy mixture.
- Shape dough into 1-inch [2.5-cm] balls; roll balls into sugar.
- Arrange dough balls onto a greased cookie sheet, approximately 3 inches [7.6 cm] apart.
- Bake into preheated oven for approximately 12 minutes, until dry and crunchy.
- As soon as cookies are firm enough to be lifted from the cookie sheet with a spatula, cool cookies completely onto wire racks.
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