Grandpa Jack's Molasses Cookies

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup shortening (melted and cooled)
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup sugar (for the cookie dough)
• 1 whole egg
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp cloves
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 cup sugar (to roll cookies in before baking)