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Ginger Bears

• 3/4 cup Shortening
• 1 cup Dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup Molasses
• 1 each Egg
• 2 1/4 cups Flour
• 2 teaspoons Baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon Ground cloves
• Sugar

Instructions:





Preheat oven to 350F.
Cream together shortening, brown sugar, molasses and egg. Sift together remaining ingredients (except sugar) and stir into molasses mixture. Form dough into 3 sizes of balls to create bear bodies-large balls for bodies, medium balls for heads and small balls for ears, arms and legs.
Roll balls in sugar. Put figures together on a greased cookie sheet, allowing 2" between them Bake about 12 mins. until springy to the touch.
Cool on sheet for 5 mins. and remove to wire rack to cool completely.
Source: Hagerstown Herald-Mail; Hagerstown, MD as posted to a cooking forum.