Spiced Christmas Cookies
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 2 cups molasses
- 2 tablespoons light cream (half&half) or half-and-half
- 5 cups flour, all-purpose sifted
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon ground
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ginger ground
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves ground
- Cream together butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
- Beat in molasses; blend in cream.
- Sift together flour, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves; stir into creamed mixture.
- Store in covered bowl in refrigerator overnight.
- Roll dough thin, using floured pastry cloth on board and rolling pin.
- Cut in christmas shapes.
- Place 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart on greased baking sheets.
- Bake in 350F (180C) oven 10 to 12 minutes.
- Remove from baking sheets and cool on racks.
- Decorate cookies if you wish.
butter, vegetable shortening, brown sugar, molasses, light cream, flour, cinnamon ground, ginger ground, cloves ground
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/spiced-christmas-cookies-437 (may not work)