Spiced Soft Chocolate Cookies

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sour milk

1. Melt chocolate in double boiler. Beat shortening with sugar. Add eggs, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and melted chocolate. Add flour alternately with milk, beating first with electric mixer, then with spoon.
2. Cover and chill dough 2 hours or more.
3. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C), for 15-18 minutes or until cookies have lightly browned around edges. Cool and store in tightly covered jar.

shortening, brown sugar, salt, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, chocolate, eggs, flour, sour milk

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/10500/spiced-soft-chocolate-cookies/ (may not work)