1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 tsp cloves
3 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ginger
6 cups flour
simmer molasses and shortening for 15 minutes
In large bowl, cream sugar, egg and vanilla.
Dissolve soda in hot water
Add soda and water mixture.
Add cloves, cinnamon, salt and ginger
Beat. Add molasses mixture, then bet in 6 cups of flour
Roll out dough and cut. NO flour is needed when rolling them. Bake 6-10 minutes.
*this dough is tricky....if you roll it out and you can't get ur shapes out nicely just ball it up again and keep trying. It seems to get easier the more it sits out and the more you work with it!
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