Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies

Name: Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies
Ingredients: 3% cup sifted all purpose flour; 2 t. baking powder; % t. salt; 1 t. ginger; % cup butter; 2-3 cup sugar; 1 stiffly beaten egg; Blend % cup pure apple butter; 1 cup molasses

From Wilkes County Home Demonstration Club cook book, 1947

These cookies are crisp when baked, but if a soft cookie is desired, store in tin for a day or so. Recipe from Mrs. Wiley Brooks, Fairplains Club.

Presented as published in 1947. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Wilkes County Home Demonstration Club cook book (1947) by N.C.) Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs (Wilkes County, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OLD FASHIONED MOLASSES COOKIES Sift together 3% cup sifted all pur- pose flour, 2 t. baking powder, % t. salt, 1 t. ginger. Cream % cup butter; add gradually creaming thoroughly 2-3 cup sugar. Add 1 stiffly beaten egg, Blend % cup pure apple butter and 1 cup molasses

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