Molasses Cookies - Home Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 c. molasses
• 1/4 c. shortening
• 2 1/2 c. bread flour
• 1 tbsp. ginger
• 2 tbsp. warm milk
• 1 tbsp. soda
• 1 tsp. salt

Method

1. 1

   Heat the molasses to the boiling-point, add the shortening, ginger, soda (dissolved in warm milk), salt and flour.

2. 2

   Then proceed as for ginger snaps.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Domestic science (Clark, Cornell home economics) (1911) by Ida Hood Clark, page 35. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Molasses Cookies — Home Recipe. 1 c. molasses, ^ c. shortening, 2| c. bread flour, 1 tbsp. ginger, 2 tbsp. warm milk, 1 tbsp. soda, 1 tsp. salt

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