AFFILIATE_ID -1 DIRECTIONS 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. INGREDIENTS DESCRIPTION shortening DIRECTION MEASUREMENT cup QUANTITY 1/3 DESCRIPTION sugar DIRECTION MEASUREMENT cup QUANTITY 1/2 DESCRIPTION egg DIRECTION MEASUREMENT small QUANTITY 1 DESCRIPTION molasses DIRECTION MEASUREMENT cup QUANTITY 1/2 DESCRIPTION water DIRECTION MEASUREMENT cup QUANTITY 1/2 DESCRIPTION flour DIRECTION MEASUREMENT cups QUANTITY 2 DESCRIPTION salt DIRECTION MEASUREMENT teaspoon QUANTITY 1/2 DESCRIPTION baking soda DIRECTION MEASUREMENT teaspoon QUANTITY 1/2 DESCRIPTION nutmeg DIRECTION MEASUREMENT teaspoon QUANTITY 1/2 DESCRIPTION cloves DIRECTION MEASUREMENT teaspoon QUANTITY 1/2 DESCRIPTION cinnamon DIRECTION MEASUREMENT teaspoon QUANTITY 1/2 DESCRIPTION ginger DIRECTION MEASUREMENT teaspoon QUANTITY 1 DESCRIPTION powdered sugar DIRECTION MEASUREMENT cup QUANTITY 1 DESCRIPTION vanilla DIRECTION MEASUREMENT teaspoon QUANTITY 1/2 DESCRIPTION salt DIRECTION MEASUREMENT teaspoon QUANTITY 1/4 DESCRIPTION milk DIRECTION MEASUREMENT tablespoons QUANTITY 1 1/2 KEYWORDS Cookies NAME Ginger Creams NOTE 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. NUTRITION PREP_TIMES SERVINGS 24 SOURCE Mom Ivey TYPE 102