Sorghum Spice Cookies

Looking for a great cookie for your next picnic or outing… these soft, old-fashioned sorghum spice cookies are perfect! (Also recommended as a sweet treat with coffee!)

Servings: About 3 Dozen

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
• 1/2 cup shortening (crisco)
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar (for top of cookie dough)
• 1/2 cup Loveless Cafe Sorghum
• 2 eggs (lightly beaten)
• 4 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350° F- spray sheet pans with cooking spray.
2. In an electric mixer, cream butter, shortening and sugar.
3. Beat in Loveless Cafe sorghum and eggs until well blended. ​
4. In another large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, ginger, cloves and cinnamon.
5. Blend thoroughly with a wire whisk.
6. Gradually mix flour mixture into creamed ingredients.
7. Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls.
8. Dip tops in granulated sugar.
9. Place 2 1/2 inches apart on your greased cookie sheet.
10. Bake for 11 minutes in preheated oven.
11. Cool and serve.