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Mrs. Fuller's Molasses Cookies

Mrs. Fuller, via Judy Meissner

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  • Wet: ½ cup shortening
  • ½ cup molasses
  • ½ cup sour milk (1 tsp lemon juice to sour)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp baking soda (into the milk). Dry: 2½ cups flour
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1½ tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ginger
  • ½ tsp nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp clove
  • ½ cup raisins
What you need
  1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Cream the shortening; add the molasses, soured milk, egg, and baking soda.
  3. Sift the dry (except raisins) and stir in, then the raisins.
  4. Drop by teaspoon on a sheet and bake 12 min.
Steps — tap one to keep your place

Low salt — salt at the end and taste as you go; broth, cheese, and canned goods already bring salt.

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