Mix shortening and sugar. Add egg, molasses and water. Mix thoroughly.
Sift dry ingredients. Stir in. Chill dough.
Drop by spoonfulls on ungreased sheet, 2 inches apart.
Bake 400 degrees, about 8 minutes or until no imprint remains when touched lightly. Frost while warm, spread with pastry brush or spatula.
Notes: These turn out best if cooked on a flat silver cookie sheet. My bumpy airbake sheet doesn't allow them to grip the edges and they spread flat like cake. Mom's black cookie sheets always burned them.
Sift dry ingredients. Stir in. Chill dough.
Drop by spoonfulls on ungreased sheet, 2 inches apart.
Bake 400 degrees, about 8 minutes or until no imprint remains when touched lightly. Frost while warm, spread with pastry brush or spatula.
Notes: These turn out best if cooked on a flat silver cookie sheet. My bumpy airbake sheet doesn't allow them to grip the edges and they spread flat like cake. Mom's black cookie sheets always burned them.
