Molasses Cookies

Ingredients

• Mix and sift 3 c flour
• 2 t ginger
• 1 t salt
• 1 1/2 t soda
• To 1 c molasses
• add 1/2 c melted shortening
• add 1 c sour milk

Method

1. 1

   Mix and sift dry ingredients.

2. 2

   Combine molasses, melted shortening, and sour milk with the flour mixture.

3. 3

   Chill, roll out, cut, and bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 181. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MOLASSES COOKIES BOILED RICE — CREAM AND SUGAR Spanish Omelet Cut 3 medium sized onions fine, and cook in 2 T butter 5 m, then add ^ can tomatoes and cook until the onions are tender. Make a roux of i T butter and 2 T flour, add to the tomatoes, and cook, stirring constantly for 5 m. Make a foamy omelet, separating 4 eggs, beat yolks lightly, add 4 T milk or water, ^ t salt, and a dash of pep- per. Beat the whites of the eggs stifif, cut and fold into the yolks, turn all into a buttered omelet pan, spread evenly, cover, and cook until firm, over a very slow fire. If it is brown underneath, and the center does not seem done, set in the oven for a few minutes. Fold over, turn out onto a hot platter, and pour the tomatoes and onions around it. Molasses Cookies Mix and sift 3 c flour, 2 t ginger, i t salt, and i}i t soda. To I c molasses add ^ c melted shortening, then add i c sour milk

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