[recipe] Large Soft Molasses Cookies

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This is my Mom's recipe and a cookie that never fails

to take me back to my childhood and memories 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 ~

 

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