Mary Jones from Cleveland’s Molasses Cookies

Name: Mary Jones from Cleveland’s Molasses Cookies
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/4 cup molasses; 1 cup granulated sugar, plus extra for sprinkling; 3/4 cup vegetable shortening, melted to equal 1/2 cup, cooled; 1 extra-large egg

January 24, 2012

Great cookie recipes are to be honored and shared, passed from friend to neighbor to cousin. This recipe was passed down from one of my pastry chefs, Kimberly Sklar, who got it from her best friend’s husband’s mother, who happens to live in Cleveland.

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