Sorghum Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 pt best sorghum, or molasses
• 2 heaping tablesp butter
• 1 pt flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teasp cinnamon
• 1 teasp ginger
• 1 teasp soda
• 1 tablesp sharp vinegar
• flour enough to roll thin

Method

1. 1

   Heat sorghum or molasses with butter to boiling, stir in flour, then add beaten eggs, spices, and soda dissolved in vinegar.

2. 2

   Bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 35. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

teasp ginger, 1 level teasp soda dissolved in a little warm water, and flour enough to make stiff. Roll, cut out the cookies, and dip the tops in the white of an egg (do not beat the white), then dip in sugar. Bake in a moderate oven and watch care- fully, as they burn easily. — [Mrs. J. J. M., 111. MOLASSES AND MAPLE SYRUP COOKIES 57 Sorghum Cookies Put 1 pt best sorghum, or molasses, in an agate pan with 2 heaping tablesp butter, and let it heat to the boiling point. Then stir in 1 pt flour, and when cold add 2 eggs, well beaten, 1 teasp each cinnamon and ginger, and 1 teasp soda dissolved in 1 tablesp sharp vinegar. Also add a little cloves, if the fla- voring is liked, and then flour enough to roll thin

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