Grandma Blue's Molasses Cookies

Ingredients

• 5 cups flour
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup molasses and 1 teaspoon baking soda, stirred together
• 1 cup sour milk* and 1 teaspoon baking soda, stirred together (*add 1 tblsp to one cup of milk to make your sour milk)
• 1⁄2 tsp cinnamon
• 1⁄2 tsp powdered ginger
• 1⁄2 tsp salt