Virginia's Molasses Cookies- Recipe 100 Years Old

Name: Virginia's Molasses Cookies- Recipe 100 Years Old
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 c shortening, i use 1 stick margarine and 1/2 stick butter; 1 c sugar; 1/4 c heaping, molasses; 1 large egg; 2 tsp baking soda; 2 1/4 c flour; 3/4 tsp ground cloves; 1/2 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp salt

By Family Favorites
@Quinnn

My grandmother, Virginia, was a culinary instructor until her passing at over 100 years. This recipe was one of her signatures and remains a family favorite four generations later. Hope they become one of your family's favorites, too! Peg

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Prep:

15 Min

Cook:

10 Min

Method:

Bake

Ingredients

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3/4 c

shortening, i use 1 stick margarine and 1/2 stick butter
1 c

sugar
1/4 c

heaping, molasses
1 large

egg
2 tsp

baking soda
2 1/4 c

flour
3/4 tsp

ground cloves
1/2 tsp

ground ginger
1 tsp

cinnamon
1/2 tsp

salt

How to Make Virginia's Molasses Cookies- Recipe 100 Years Old

Step-by-Step

Cream shortening and sugar. Add molasses; blend well.
Add egg and beat until smooth. Sift together flour, soda, salt and spices and mix together with wet ingredients.
Form into 1" balls; roll in sugar.
Flatten slightly with the bottom of a juice glass dipped in sugar. Place 2" apart on well greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. (Watch first batch closely as my oven runs a little hot.) Remove immediately and cool on toweling or wire racks.