{Food by Tearsa Monet}

I love molasses cookies but never grew up eating them, which means I had to hunt & find a good recipe. After trying a few I settled on this one--which came from Taste of Home. Molasses cookies look great on a platter with snickerdoodle cookies. They have the some crinkle texture with contrasting color.

½ c. butter, softened
½ c. shortening
1½ c. sugar
½ c. molasses
2 eggs
½ tsp. salt
2¼ tsp. baking soda
2¼ tsp. ground ginger
1½ tsp. ground cloves
1½ tsp. ground cinnamon
4 c. flour
extra sugar

Pre-heat oven to 350°. Cream together butter, shortening, and sugar until light in color and fluffy. Beat in molasses and eggs. Add salt, baking soda, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon; mix in flour. Roll dough into 1½-inch balls; dip tops in sugar. Place on cookie sheet and lightly press down tops. Bake for 11 minutes. Do not overbake. Makes 3 dozen.