[recipe repost] Large Soft Molasses Cookies

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This is my Mom's recipe that i grabbed a copy of out

of her recipe card file when i moved away from home.

They remind me of warm spring days, like this one.

 

Large Soft Molasses Cookies

 

Sift these ingredients together well. Preheat oven to

400 degrees.

 

2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp ginger

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

 

Dissolve these together:

 

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp hot water

 

With a mixer beat these together in a bowl:

 

1/2 cup vegetable shortening

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup molasses

1 egg

 

Add the earlier flour mixture alternately with:

 

6 Tbs cold water

 

Then stir in the baking soda mixture until well combined.

Drop on greased cookie sheets by rounded tablespoonsful,

about 2 inches apart.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes. [i prefer them slightly undercooked]

Yield: about 2 dozen

 

~ pt ~

 

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.Ê

Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows

into trees.Ê The winds will blow their own freshness

into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will

drop off like autumn leaves.Ê

~John Muir