Molasses Crinkles

We did some spring cleaning at my house yesterday, and I found a cute gingerbread man cookie cutter that I wanted to use. Unfortunately I didn’t have enough molasses to make gingerbread cookies, but a recipe on the previous page sounded tasty and used less molasses. Ironically, the recipe was submitted to the cookbook by my late great-aunt, who attended St. John Church and died a few years ago.

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking soda
• egg replacer to equal one egg (I used flax eggs)
• 1/4 cup molasses
• granulated sugar to dip cookies in

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease two cookie sheets.
2. In a large bowl cream the sugar and shortening. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
3. Smoosh and roll into balls, and dip the tops in the granulated sugar.
4. Place on cookie sheets and bake for 12 minutes, switching cookie sheets around halfway through.

Source: Adapted from Heartwarming Recipes, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church and School

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