Mommys molasses sugar cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups shortening
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• Melt shortening and cool. Add sugar, eggs and molasses; beat well.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ground cloves and ginger. Add to the molasses mixture and stir until well combined. Chill dough for at least 3 hours or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
• Remove dough from the refrigerator and form into walnut sized balls. Roll balls in white sugar. Place balls about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes for chewy cookies and 10 to 12 minutes for crisper cookies. Store cookies in an airtight container.

These are Autumns favorite cookies i make! I decided to share the recipe!
Ps. only 2 more months until my new little boy will be born! Autumn and Jeremy are so happy and so am i!

1 going on 2

August means big month. And boy... so far it has been one big month. On the 3rd of August, Autumn turned 1! It was such a great day for all of us! And Jeremy and I got the great news. We have been keeping it a secret now for about 7 months... I am pregnant again! I am due on October 4th. We are expecting a beautiful baby boy and we cannot wait! I have maternity pictures coming up soon!!! Yeah yeah some of you did know... we just didn't want to go all public on the world wide web!
love to all, Tiff