Chewy Ginger Cookies

This recipe was inspired by one that has been in my mom’s family for years. The unfortunate part was my grandma uses butter-flavored shortening in her recipe, which is not an option on this diet. Fake butter flavor? Definitely an MSG red flag! I thought I could just substitute real butter in its place, but the first time I made them they spread out into giant, flat cookies. (Not a total fail—I crushed them up and put them on top of ice cream.) Needless to say, it took a few tries to get thi