A Recipe You Will Not Regret Trying :)

Soft Molasses Cookies:

Cream together:

½ cup shortening

1 ½ cups margarine

4 cups sugar

4 large eggs

1 cup light molasses

Mix together:

8 cups flour

2 teaspoons ginger

2 teaspoons cloves

3 tablespoons cinnamon

4 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons salt

Mix dry ingredients into creamed ingredients

Roll dough into a ball the size of a walnut. Roll ball in a sugar/cinnamon mixture consisting of 2 teaspoons of cinnamon and ½ cup sugar.

Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 8 to 10 minutes at 350 degrees. You know they are done when the cookie forms cracks on top.

While hot, glaze each cookie with glaze below:

Glaze:

¼ cup water

½ teaspoon vanilla

2 ¼ to 2 ½ cups powdered sugar (I like it thicker)

This recipe makes about 100 cookies, which I love b/c I tend to freeze the remaining dough and save it for other occasions.
Oh, and I didn't use "light" molasses--I used regular. Also, I did not have cloves so I went without and they turned out just fine.
My friend, Melissa (the cookie extraordinaire) made these with me once and they are TDF! You will not regret making them :) -- I take that back. You might regret making them when you realize you can't stop eating them b/c they are so darn delish!