Soft Molasses Cookies
A letter from a man in Ohio tells us that Crisco cookies were left all winter in a summer camp and when found this spring were "amazingly" fresh and sweet. There is something amazing about Crisco's pure sweet flavor and the way it lends its flavor and fresh keeping quality to foods.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Crisco
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs well beaten
- 1 cup molasses
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon soda
- 1 cup hot coffee
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons ginger
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoo salt
Directions
- Blend sugar and Crisco, add well beten eggs, molasses, spices, and soda which has been mixed with hot coffee. Then add vinegar and beat in the flour which has been previously sifted with salt and baking powder. Stir well and drop from end of spoon onto Criscoed cookie sheet. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for ten minutes. This recipe makes about 65 cookies.