Soft Ginger Cookies
Serves:
Ingredients:
12
c
Flour
4
c
Molasses
2
c
Shortening
2
c
Milk - sour
2
ts
Baking soda
2
tb
Ginger
2
tb
Cinnamon
1
ts
Salt
2
ea
Eggs - beaten
Method:
Sift flour in pan, form a well in center.
Add shortening, molasses.
sour milk in which soda has been dissolved.
Add spices, salt and egg.
Mix quickly to a smooth soft dough.
Bake in moderate oven.
This recipe is more than 100 years old.
Note: Moderate oven is 350 - 400 F.