Molasses Bars

And yet another fall delight.  Jen and I used to rave everytime our friend in high school brought these.  I finally called her mother a few years back for the recipe.  Oh so heavenly!

3/4 cup Crisco
2 cups Flour
1 cup Sugar
2 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Ground Cloves
1/2 tsp. Ginger
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/4 cup Molasses (Grandma's Yellow Label)
1 Egg

• Preheat Oven to 375 degrees
• Use a 10" x 15" cookie sheet
• Mix dry ingredients
• In a skillet, melt crisco (right as it becomes liquid, set timer for 3 1/2-4 minutes to let cool)
• Have egg and Molasses ready
• As soon as timer goes off, pour the crisco into the dry ingredients and mix
• Then add the egg and molasses
• The quicker you work the better
• Spread in pan and cook for 9 minutes (start with 8 1/2 minutes and find the time that works with your oven)

(NOTE:  Recipe is sensitive to specific order of mixing ingredients and moving fastly once crisco melts.)