Ingredients
Cream together:
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup molasses
Add:
- 2 teaspoons soda dissolved in 1/2 cup hot coffee
Sift together:
- 5 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon salt
Directions
Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Chill dough. Roll and cut 1/8 inch thick with Spam can for original shape.
The cookies puff when baked so makes an attractive “gingerbread boy”. Bake 6-8 minutes at 350. Cool and frost.
Ingredients and Directions (frosting)
2 envelopes plain gelatin dissolved in 1 1/2 cups hot water. Add 1 1/2 cups white sugar and boil 10 minutes. Stir in 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar. Beat until foamy. Add 2 tsp vanilla and 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder. Beat about 10 minutes. Yields 5 dozen.
Nancy
Eagle River, Alaska