Nauvoo Gingerbread Cookies

Recipe By: Allrecipes.com Michael Wynkoop, Mormon Pioneer recipes

Ingredients
1 Cup sugar
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 Cup Molasses
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
3/4 Cup lard
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 Cup Hot Water
1 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
2 Eggs
6 Cups Flour

Directions
Combine Sugar, Molasses, lard and Hot water, rinse molasses out of measuring cup with hot water. Add eggs, and mix.
Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Refrigerate dough until firm (3 hours).
Roll and cut with cookie cutters. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Frost if desired.