Sugar and Spice Cookies

A recipe from an Enrichment cookie exchange. Submitted by Jan L.

Mix together:
1 1/2 cups shortening (1/2 butter, 1/2 crisco)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup molasses

Sift together and stir in:
2 cups flour
4 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp cloves
1 1/2 tsp ginger

Mix thoroughly. Form into balls size of a walnut. Place 2" apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 10 12 mins at 350 degrees.