Chubby Hubby - Warm & cosy Christmas treats – Molasses Cookies and Swedish Glogg

Ingredients

• ¾ cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp cloves
• ½ tsp ginger
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 750 ml. bottle medium-bodied, not-too-dry red wine
• 5 cinnamon sticks
• 1 tablespoon whole cloves
• 1 handful green cardamom pods
• 1 oversized handful of dried, bitter orange peel (or fresh if you cannot find dried)
• 1 chunk of fresh ginger (peeled and half grated, half sliced)