Easy Gingerbread Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup molasses
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
4 1/2 cups flour
3 teaspoons ginger
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
sugar

Preparation

Cream shortening and brown sugar together.
Add molasses, buttermilk, and eggs.
Blend well and set aside.
In a separate mixing bowl, sift flour, ginger, baking soda and salt together.
Combine this mixture into buttermilk mixture.
Mix well, cover and refrigerate overnight.
Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness.
Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters.
Sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 400\u00b0 for 10 to 12 minutes.