Christmas Cookies

Ingredients

• 114 cups butter
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons clove
• 1 wine glass brandy
• 3 cups flour
• 4 cups molasses
• 5 teaspoons soda

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and shortening with the sugar until light and smooth.

2. 2

   Add the flour, molasses, and other ingredients.

3. 3

   Mix the soda with milk and add last.

4. 4

   Roll out thin, cut with a cookie cutter, and bake at 325 degrees until light brown, about 10 to 12 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A lady of good taste (1954) by Mary Katherine Reynolds Babcock, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Christmas Cookies 114 cups butter and 2 tablespoons cinnamon shortening mixed 2 tablespoons clove 184 cups light brown sugar 1 wine glass brandy 3 cups flour 5 teaspoons soda 4 cups molasses

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