Soft Molasses Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup sour milk
• i cup molasses
• i| teaspoons soda
• 2 teaspoons ginger
• i teaspoon salt
• Flour

Method

1. 1

   Mix the molasses and soda, and beat thoroughly, add the milk, ginger, salt, shortening and flour.

2. 2

   Let it stand several hours in the refrigerator to get thoroughly chilled.

3. 3

   Take half of the mixture on a slightly floured board and roll to one-fourth of an inch thickness.

4. 4

   Shape with a round cutter.

5. 5

   Bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Left-overs made palatable (1902) by Isabel Gordon Curtis, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES 1 cup sour milk i cup molasses i| teaspoons soda \ cup lard and butter mixed 2 teaspoons ginger i teaspoon salt Flour

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