For this step you'll need:

• 3/4 cup (150g) Shortening
• 1/4 cup (75g) Molasses
• Mixer (optional)

In your mixing bowl, add the shortening and the molasses. Cream together until smooth. Having a mixer is optional for this recipe as this cookie dough can be mixed by hand with a spatula.

For this step you'll need:

• 1 Egg
• 1 cup (210g) White Sugar

Add your egg and sugar and continue mixing until smooth and creamy.

For this step you'll need:

• 2 cups (300g) All Purpose Flour
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 2 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/2 tsp Ground Cloves
• 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger</a 
• 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon

In a separate bowl, add your flour, salt, baking soda, cloves, ginger and cinnamon. Mix ingredients together with a whisk or a fork.

For this step you'll need:

• Premixed Dry Ingredients From Step 3

Add your 6 premixed dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, ginger, cinnamon) into the mix 1/2 cup at a time and mix in between. If you add all the dry mix all at once, you will get blasted with flour to the face! :-)

For this step you'll need:

• 1 Sheet Of Parchment Paper
• 1 Sheet Of Tinfoil
• Your Fridge :-)

This dough is a little sticky, so place it on some parchment paper with tinfoil underneath it. The parchment paper will keep the dough from sticking to the tinfoil. Wrap your dough and place in the fridge for 1 hour. Take a mini breather. You've earned it!

For this step you'll need:

• Cookie Sheet
• 1 Sheet Of Parchment Paper
• 1/2 cup (105g) White Sugar
• Your Hands :-)

Break time is over! Preheat your oven to 375˚F (190˚C). Pour about 1/2 cup of white sugar in a bowl and roll your cookie balls around in the sugar to completely coat them. Place a sheet of baking parchment paper on a cookie sheet. These cookies spread a little so give them a little bit of elbow room. I found that 15 fit comfortably on my 17" baking tray.

For this step you'll need:

• Your Oven :-)

Bake for 8 - 10 minutes in your preheated oven 375˚F (190˚C).

For this step you'll need:

• Cooling Rack (optional)
• Your Appetite :-)

If you have a cooling rack, place your cookies on the cooling rack and let them cool for a few minutes. Tinfoil on the counter top or a plate will work as well. After they are done cooling, indulge as much as you like. These cookies taste just like Christmas. :-) I hope you like it!