Soft Molasses Cookies

These are on of my husbands favorite cookies. It has a slight hint of coffee flavor which goes really nice with a good cup of coffee or a tall glass of cold milk.

• 2 cups of brown sugar
• 1 cup of shortening or hard margarine, softened to room temperature
• 1 cup of molasses
• 2 eggs
• 5 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt
• 4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/3 cup of coffee (may use water or milk)
• 2 teaspoons ginger
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• raisins for decoration (optional)

Glaze (optional)

• 1 cup of sifted icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter
• milk( enough to drizzle icing over cookies if using)

1. Cream together shortening and sugar.
2. Add molasses incorporate it well.
3. Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition.
4. Sift dry ingredients together.
5. Add into the creamed mixture alternately with the coffee.
6. Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet.
   
7. Add a few raisins to the top of the cookie if you wish.
8. Bake in a preheated oven at 375 for 8-10 minutes.
9. Leave the cookies on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack. At this point you can drizzle the cookies with the icing if you wish.
   

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