Ginger Cookies

Ingredients:

For some reason one of those spices I have always associated with Christmas time is ginger. Maybe it's the gingerbread houses people build, or just one of those types of cookies people make for the holidays. This is a really simple recipe, and the first time I made it.

Ingredients:
- 1.5 c. Flour
- 0.5 tsp. Salt
- 1 tsp. Baking Soda
- 0.5 tsp. Cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp. Ground Ginger (I decided to spice things up and went with fresh ginger and 1 tsp of that)
- 0.5 c. Sugar
- 1/3 c. Shortening
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp. Vinegar (I used Apple Cider)
- 1/3 c. Milk
- 0.25 c. Molasses

Step 1:

Preheat oven to 350, this may vary. My oven is really bad. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and ginger.

Step 2:

Cream together shortening and sugar. Add egg to creamed mixture and mix thoroughly.

Step 3:

Mix together milk, vinegar and molasses.

Step 4:

Add milk mixture to creamed mixture, then slowly add sifted ingredients and mix.

Step 5:

Spray down some pans and add teaspoon sized drops of batter about 2 inches apart.

Step 6:

Have your self a drink while the ginger cookies bake for about 8-10 minutes. I set a timer for 8 minutes and checked every minute or so. Let cool and move to rack to cool completely.

Step 7:

I made the majority of my ginger cookies quite large so I only got about 18 cookies out of them.