Dessert (Cookies )

Molasses Cookies

Contributor: Ruby

7 - 10 minutes
1/2 cup lard
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup sorghum
4 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
pinch salt
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 cup milk sour

Sift together: Flour, soda, cinnamon, cloves, salt, ginger, and allspice. Cream together: oleo, eggs, sugar and sorghum. Than add dry ingredients, alternately with 1/2 cup sour milk to the cream mixture ending with dry ingredients. Chill: Roll out and cut into cookies. Bake 7 - 10 minutes at 370 degrees.
Edition: 5