Sister Sue'S Camping Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. soft shortening
1/2 c. sugar
1 small egg
1/2 c. molasses
1 c. cool water
2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Preparation

Mix first four ingredients together.
Stir in cool water. Sift together flour, salt, soda, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon.
Add dry mixed ingredients to batter.
Chill dough an hour.
Drop a rounded teaspoonful of dough onto cookie sheet, spacing about 1-inch apart.
Bake at 400\u00b0 for 7 to 8 minutes or until set.
After cookies are cool, you can frost with a simple powdered sugar frosting.