Soft Molasses Cookies

Family Heirloom

Edie Felts-Podell

“This is a recipe of my grandmother – Olga Geissel Felts, mother of my father LaVern. She died before I was born but my Aunts made these and I always appreciated the taste. My Dad said Grandma was a great cook.”

1 ½ cup shortening

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

½ cup molasses

Cream together shortening and two sugars. Add eggs and molasses.

Beat in gradually---

4 ½ cups flour

1 teaspoon ginger

4 teaspoons soda

1 teaspoon cloves

1 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Mix well. Chill dough 1 hour. Roll dough into balls and then roll into granulated sugar. Bake 10-12 minutes at 375-degrees. Do not overbake!

Yield: 6-8 dozen.