Gingersnaps - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1 c. New Orleans molasses
1 c. shortening
2 eggs, well beaten
1 Tbsp. ginger
1 tsp. cloves
1 Tbsp. soda, dissolved in vinegar
5 c. flour
1 level tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon

Preparation

Cream shortening and sugar.
Add eggs, molasses, soda and vinegar.
Add sifted flour, salt and spices.
Roll thin on a pastry cloth.
Bake in moderate oven at 375\u00b0.
Watch carefully, as ginger cookies burn easily.