Ingredients
5 cups flour
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses and 1 teaspoon baking soda, stirred together
1 cup sour milk* and 1 teaspoon baking soda, stirred together (*add 1 tblsp to one cup of milk to make your sour milk)
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp powdered ginger
½ tsp salt
Directions
1
Cream butter and sugar in a stand mixture, with a hand mixer on low, or by hand.
2
Add the cinnamon, powdered ginger, and salt to the mixture and combine.
3
Add molasses as mixed with the baking soda.
4
Add sour milk as mixed with the baking soda.
5
Add flour, a little at a time, and mix until a firm dough is formed.
6
Chill dough in the refrigerator overnight.
7
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll your dough out on a well floured, flat surface to about a 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with your favorite cookie cutter shapes.
8
Bake for 10 minutes on a cookie/pizza stone or flat pan on parchment paper. Do not overbake!
