Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies

Ingredients:

• ½ cup butter, softened
• ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
• ¼ cup shortening
• ¾ cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• sugar

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Combine butter, brown sugar, shortening, molasses and egg in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
• Add all remaining ingredients except sugar, thoroughly mixing by hand.
• Cover; refrigerate until firm (1 to 2 hours).
• Shape dough into 1 ½-inch balls; roll in sugar.
• Place 2-inches apart onto un-greased cookie sheets.
• Flatten balls with glass dipped in sugar. Bake for 8 to 11 minutes or until set.