Ginger Crisps
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 5:53pm

Ingredients




1 cup shortening
1 cup light molasses
cup ½  sugar
2 teaspoons ginger
teaspoon ¾  baking soda
teaspoon ½  salt
3 cups ½  flour

Preparation

1 Cream shortening, molasses, sugar, ginger, soda and salt until fluffy. Add flour gradually, blending well. Chill several hours or overnight. Roll small amount of dough to 1/16-inch thickness on floured surface. Cut with 2 ½-inch cookie cutter or desired shape. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 375 degrees for 5 to 8 minutes or until light golden brown.

About


Sprinkle with sugar or top with half of an almond before baking; also can frost after baking. From the Occident/King Midas Collector's Bake Book.