Dropped Cookies

Ingredients

• V2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• V2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• V2 cup molasses
• 1 cup raisins
• 3 cups Melrose flour
• 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder
• V2 teaspoon ground cloves

Method

1. 1

   Beat butter and sugar to a cream.

2. 2

   Add the well beaten eggs, then the milk, molasses, and raisins, lastly, dry ingredients, well sifted together.

3. 3

   Drop small spoonfuls on greased pans, some distance apart.

4. 4

   Bake in moderate oven about ten minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Anson County cook book (1928) by First Baptist Church (Wadesboro, N.C.), page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DROPPED COOKIES V2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs V2 cup milk 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon V2 cup molasses 1 cup raisins 3 cups Melrose flour 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder V2 teaspoon ground cloves

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