Soft Ginger Cookies

Ingredients & Directions


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 Eggs; beaten

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.


Yields
1 Servings