Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
Combine soda and molasses and add to creamed mixture.
Gradually stir in flour, then add raisins.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets and bake at 350\u00b0 for 8 minutes or until browned.
Makes 6 dozen cookies.
*For a lighter color and flavor, substitute 1/2 cup cane syrup for the molasses.
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl.
In a separate larger bowl, cream butter.
Add sugar and egg. Beat well.
In a small bowl or measuring cup, mix molasses and water. Add to butter mixture.
Gradually add flour mixture.
Chill dough for 1/2 hour.
Roll teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, then roll in sugar.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 14-20 minutes, depending on size & desired softness.
(I made 48 smaller cookies and baked for 14 minutes on stone pan, nice & soft yet still done).
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Mix ingredients until well
eater until fluffy. Then beat molasses until satiny.
Remove beater
Combine shortening, sugar, egg and molasses.
Mix well.
Add sifted dry ingredients, then the water.
Stir until smooth.
Drop by teaspoon on to a lightly greased cookie sheet.
Bake in moderate hot oven at 400\u00b0 for 8 to 10 minutes.
Frost while still warm with Lemon Butter Icing.
Cream together sugar and shortening.
Add eggs and molasses; mix well.
Mix flour, cinnamon, soda, salt and oats, then add to first mixture.
Add nuts and raisins to mixture.
Drop by teaspoon.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes at 375\u00b0 to 400\u00b0.
Makes about 5 dozen 2 1/2-inch cookies.
Cream together shortening and sugar.
Beat in egg.
Stir in molasses.
Sift together flour, soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt.
Add alternately with coffee to creamed mixture, mixing thoroughly.
Stir in anise and coriander.
Cream shortening.
Add sugar and beat thoroughly.
Mix milk and molasses together with shortening and sugar.
Add dry ingredients.
Beat until smooth.
Drop by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheet.
Bake in 350\u00b0 oven for 10 to 12 minutes.
Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
Pour boiling water over raisins; set aside.
Cream sugar and butter.
Add molasses.
Add beaten egg.
Add soda and cold water to mixture.
Add flour, cinnamon and drained raisins.
Stir until smooth.
Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 400\u00b0 for 10 minutes or until cookies show cracks on top.
Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F.
Beat shortening, sugar, eggs, and molasses thoroughly.
Stir dry ingredients (flour-cinnamon) together and blend into wet ingredients.
Stir in oats, raisins and chocolate chips.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart on a lightly greased baking sheet.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
Note: When I used a 1 1/2-inch wide cookie scoop, I got 3 1/2 dozen cookies.
Beat in the egg and molasses until just combined.
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Cream sugar and shortening thoroughly.
Mix soda with buttermilk.
Add molasses and blend.
Add sugar mixture, alternating with flour and salt.
Store in covered bowl in refrigerator overnight.
Drop from tablespoon on cookie sheet 2-inches apart.
Flatten slightly.
Brush with beaten egg yolk. Bake at 375\u00b0 for 10 minutes.
Makes 7 to 8 dozen.
Blend shortening and sugar; add molasses, water and egg, then add flour and spices.
Drop with teaspoon onto greased sheet.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for 12 to 15 minutes.
Boil lard or shortening and molasses.
When cool, add remaining ingredients.
Add flour to make a stiff dough, little stiffer than cake and drop on cookie sheet.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 12 to 15 minutes.
Mix well and drop by teaspoon on greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 10 minutes.
Makes 7 dozen cookies.
In large mixer bowl, mix molasses and soda.
Add rest of ingredients.
Drop by teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet.
Make hole in center and fill with jam or jelly.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 10 to 12 minutes.
Cream shortening. Blend sugar, egg, molasses, and milk. Add sifted dry ingredients, mix thoroughly. Drop from a spoon onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375F for approximately 10 minutes.
Mix eggs, sugar, molasses and oil.
Dissolve soda in water and add cloves, ginger, cinnamon and salt.
Add enough flour to make a stiff dough.
Drop from spoon and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for 10 minutes.