Instawares Restaurant Supplies & Equipment

Molasses Cookies

 1 cup shortening

½ cup sugar

1 egg

½ cup molasses

¾ cup milk

3 tablespoons vinegar

3 cups flour

2 teaspoons each baking soda and salt

1 teaspoon each cinnamon and ginger

Cream shortening and sugar, thoroughly.  Add egg and molasses, beat well.  Mix milk and vinegar.  Sift flour with dry ingredients.  Add alternately with mike to sugar mixture.  Drop by Tablespoon onto greased cookie sheet.  Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees) about 12 minutes.  Can add raisins.  Milk and vinegar, mixed an hour or so before using, makes a thick sour milk.