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"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found."--Calvin Trillin

Mother's Molasses Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup sugar
1¼ cup molasses
1 cup shortening
1 egg
1 cup sour milk or hot water
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp cloves
¼ tsp ginger
1 heaping tsp baking soda
3-4 cups flour
Directions:
Directions:
Cream sugar, molasses, shortening and egg. Dissolve baking soda into milk or water. Stir into batter. Sift flour with dry ingredients and stir into batter. Chill and roll out or drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet and flatten with glass dipped in sugar. Bake at 325º for 12-15 minutes.

 

 

 

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