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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 12 Minutes |
Ready In: 32 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This is a great recipe. I love soft molasses cookies around the holidays. Yummmm, give me a cup of coffee and a couple cookies and I'm a happy lady. These do stay soft if you put them in an airtight container. And as always ..... Don't overbake. Ingredients:
1 cup lard or 1 cup shortening |
1/2 cup sugar |
1 cup molasses |
1 cup sour milk |
2 teaspoons baking soda, dissolved in 1 t. hot water |
3 cups sifted flour |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
Directions:
1. Soften lard.
2. Cream withsugar and mix with molasses.
3. Add sour milk, soda, and water.
4. Mix well.
5. Sift in flour and salt.
6. Roll out quickly and lightly on floured board to 3/8 inch thick.
7. Cut with a teacup-sized cutter.
8. Bake in greased cookie sheet at 350 for 12 minutes.
9. This is a big cookie that melts in your mouth.
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