Yummies

Ingredients

Cream shortening with the brown sugar.
Add salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves until light and fluffy. Add egg and molasses and blend.
Sift together flour, baking soda and baking powder.
Add to sugar mixture and stir until well blended.
Cover and chill. Roll out 1/4 of the dough at a time onto lightly floured board to 1/4” thickness.
Cut with gingerbread man cutter or desired shape.
Carefully transfer to greased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough.
Before baking, press raisins into dough for eyes, nose and buttons. Used slivers of candied cherries for mouth, other candies for belt, shoes, etc.
Bake at 375° for 8 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
When cool, decorate cookies with confectioners’ sugar frosting for hair and clothes.
Makes about 5 1/2 dozen cookies.