Spice Cookies

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoonful salt
• 1% cupfuls brown sugar
• 1 cupful Crisco
• 1 cupful molasses
• Y% cupful sour milk
• 2 teaspoonfuls baking soda
• 1 teaspoonful powdered cinnamon
• 1 teaspoonful powdered ginger
• 1 teaspoonful powdered cloves
• 1 teaspoonful grated nutmeg
• 1% teaspoonful black pepper
• ¥% teaspoonful baking powder
• Flour to make a stiff dough

Method

1. 1

   Beat eggs five minutes, then add sugar and beat five minutes, then add Crisco and beat until thoroughly mixed, add molasses, milk, soda, salt, spices, baking powder, and enough flour to make stiff dough.

2. 2

   Leave mixture in basin until following day.

3. 3

   Take pieces of dough and roll out, cut with small cutter, lay on Criscoed tins and bake in moderate oven from seven to ten minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes (1913) by Marion Harris Neil, page 59. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Spice Cookies 3 eggs 1 teaspoonful salt 1% cupfuls brown sugar 1 teaspoonful powdered 1 cupful Crisco cinnamon 1 cupful molasses 1 teaspoonful powdered ginger Y% cupful sour milk 1 teaspoonful powdered cloves 2 teaspoonfuls baking soda 1 teaspoonful grated nutmeg 1% teaspoonful black pepper ¥% teaspoonful baking powder Flour to make a stiff dough

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