1 cup shortening
1 cup dark molasses
2 eggs, beaten
4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp dried ginger
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
Preheat oven to 350. lightly oil baking sheet. Cream togeather sugar and shortening with electric mixer. Add molasses and eggs and mix well. Sift flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger then mix into bowl. Sift the conf. sugar onto a plate. Pinch 1 heaping tbls of dough and roll into a ball. dip half into conf. sugar and place it sugar side up on baking sheet. Flatten with bottom of a drinking glass and repeat. Bake each batch 12-15 min until just brown.
Makes 4 dozen
