Gram's Thick "hockey puck" Molasses Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 egg
• 1 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup coffee - hot poured over
• 2 tsp soda
• 1 tsp ginger
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 4 cups all purpose flour
• Plus flour to handle dough