Molasses Cookies
1 cup shortening
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup sugar
½ teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup molasses
4 (?) teaspoon baking soda (I used 2)
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon ginger
2 cups flour (I used 4 and 2/3 cups)
1 cup sour milk (buttermilk?)
Cream shortening with sugar. Add molasses. Sift 2 cups of the flour with the dry ingredients. Pour the milk over the flour. Form balls. Sprinkle a little sugar on top. Cook for 10 minutes. Makes 5 dozen.
This batter was WAY too watery, as is. In looking at other recipes for molasses cookies, I think nana's proportions of liquids to solids is way off. There's no way you can form her batter into balls. Other recipes seem to call for only 1/4 cup of molasses (this one calls for 1 cup). So, I added an additional 2.66 cups of (unsifted) flour until the batter reached a consistency that could hold its shape. Wet your hands to form balls with the dough. Or just plop a tablespoon of dough on a cookie sheet for each cookie, using a wet finger to get the dough off the spoon. I baked for 12 minutes.
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| Hanky is my co-author. |
This batter was WAY too watery, as is. In looking at other recipes for molasses cookies, I think nana's proportions of liquids to solids is way off. There's no way you can form her batter into balls. Other recipes seem to call for only 1/4 cup of molasses (this one calls for 1 cup). So, I added an additional 2.66 cups of (unsifted) flour until the batter reached a consistency that could hold its shape. Wet your hands to form balls with the dough. Or just plop a tablespoon of dough on a cookie sheet for each cookie, using a wet finger to get the dough off the spoon. I baked for 12 minutes.
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| So many spices! |
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| This is what happened to three "cookies" I tried to spatula off the tray with my first batch, before adding more flour. |
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