Instructions: Mix sugar and molasses into melted shortening. Add beaten egg. Sift dry ingredients and mix in. Chill dough about 1 hour. Form into balls about the size of a large walnut, roll in sugar.

Place balls on ungreased baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 8-10 minutes. (Until set but not hard)

Balls will be puffy when you remove from oven. Drop cookie sheet on surface so cookies fall. The cookies will crinkle and have a beautiful appearance.

Remove from sheet to cooling rack. Store in airtight container.

These use to disappear before they were cool when my kids were still at home-so I usually doubled the batch and hoped there would be some left for the freezer.

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