Christmas Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 qt molasses
• 1 pt sugar
• 1 tablesp lard
• 2 teasp soda
• 2 teasp cinnamon
• 2 teasp caraway seed
• 1 tablesp cloves
• flour enough to mix

Method

1. 1

   Mix soda and spices in the flour.

2. 2

   Boil molasses and pour over flour, then melt lard and add last.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 24 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Christmas Cookies The ingredients required for these cookies are 1 qt molasses,, 1 pt sugar, 1 tablesp lard, 2 teasp each soda, cinnamon and' caraway seed, and 1 tablesp cloves. Mix the soda and spices, in the flour. Boil the molasses and pour over the flour, melt the lard and put in last. — [M. K. G., la. Graham Cookies To 2 cups sugar add 2 cups sour cream, 5 cups graham- flour sifted, 2 well-beaten eggs, 2 tablesp molasses, 2 teasp each' 55 56 FARM AND HOME COOK BOOK soda and cinnamon, and 1 teasp salt. Have ready well greased tins and drop batter on it by teaspoonsful about 2 or 3 inches apart. Dip the teaspoon in cold water every time before dip- ping it into the batter again. Sprinkle the cookies with sugar and bake in a quick oven. — [Mrs. A. W. T., Mich. Buttermilk Molasses Cookies Cream 1 cup lard with 1 cup brown sugar, add 2 cups molasses, 2 even tablesp soda dissolved in 1 cup buttermilk, 1 teasp each ginger and cinnamon, sifted with flour enough to make a stifC dough. Let stand over night, roll out, cut, spread with sugar, and bake in a quick oven. This is a never-failing recipe which has been used a long time in our family. — [E. M. C, Mich. Coffee Ginger Cookies Thoroughly mix 1 cup shortening with 2 cups sugar, add 1 cup molasses and 3 teasp soda dissolved in 1 cup hot, black coffee. Let cool, then add 1 beaten egg, 2 teasp vanilla, a little salt, and flour enough to roll, sifted with 3 teasp ginger. Roll soft, cut, and bake in a quick oven. — [Mrs. G. A. S., N. Y. Maple Sugar Ginger Cookies Cream 1 cup butter, add 2 cups maple sugar rolled fine, 1 «gg, % cup sour milk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, flour enough to make a dough that can be rolled, sifted with 1 teasp «ach salt and ginger, and y2 teasp cream tartar. Roll ^^ inch thick, cut in squares, and bake in a slow oven. — [M. P., N. H. Ginger Cookies (No eggs) Cream 1 cup shortening with 1 cup sugar, add 1 cup molasses, 1 cup hot water, in which dissolve 2 teasp soda, and flour enough to ma

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