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Molasses Cookies

From The New century cook book, 1899

Serves 24

Mrs. J. W. Nicholson

Presented as published in 1899. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Molasses Cookies. Two cups sugar, two cups butter, stirred to a cream; two well beaten eggs, two cups New Orleans molasses, one table- spoonful ginger, two teaspoonfuls soda in a spoonful of milk or sour cream, ten cupfuls sifted flour. Molasses Cookies. Two cups molasses, one cup brown sugar, one cup lard or butter, three teaspoons soda, two teaspoons pulverized alum in 12 198 New Century Cook Book. two-thirds cup boiling hot water, one tablespoon ginger, one teaspoon salt if lard is used

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