Bessie's Soft Ginger Cookies

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup sour milk (or add 1 tsp baking soda to reg milk)
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 4 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 cream sugar and shortening.
• 3 add salt and molasses and mix well.
• 4 add sour milk and 3 beaten eggs.
• 5 add dry ingredients.
• 6 mix well and drop on greased cookie sheet (i just use parchment paper on a regular cookie sheet.
• 7 bake at 400 degrees for approx 7-10 minutes.
• 8 please note the dough is not as firm as most cookie doughs are and you may question whether or not you added enough flour, but they turn out just fine. my husband likes to sprinkle sugar on top of the dough before baking but that is completely optional.