Moravian Christmas Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. molasses
3/4 lb. shortening
3/4 lb. light brown sugar
3 Tbsp. soda
6 Tbsp. cinnamon
6 Tbsp. cloves
4 Tbsp. ginger
approximately 5 lb. flour (plain)

Preparation

Helpful Hints:
Cover your board to roll your cookies on. Cover your rolling pin with a rolling pin sock.
This helps keep the dough from sticking.
This yields 7 pounds cookies.