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Grandma Wagar’s Molasses Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup sugar
2 cups molasses
16 tbsp. shortening
1 cup buttermilk
4 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
6 cups of flour – add five and keep one in reserve to work the dough on the counter.
Directions:
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together.

Roll out, not too thin.

Bake in a moderate oven – 325 degrees for 10-11 minutes (or until done).

So let me add some of what I have learned as I have made these…

1. You will “know” that the dough is the right consistency when it has the consistency of play dough. Cover the counter/table with flour to prevent the dough from sticking to the surface – remember – whatever you put on the counter will get worked into the dough – so don’t use too much flour or the cookie will be hard and dry.

2. Roll the dough to about 3/4cm to 1cm.

3. Use your favour cookies cutters to make fun shapes. Grandma and Aunt Muriel always used the flower cookie cutter.

4. Remove them from the cookie sheet and place on a wire rack to cool.

5. This recipe makes A LOT of cookies – so just be prepared to share.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
These instructions are from my mom, who received them from her mother-in-law (Grandma Wagar). This recipe is easily over 80 years old… probably close to 100 years. I share it because of the links to my Grandma Wagar, who I remember baking cookies with. She passed away when I was only 8, but these memories of time together have stayed with me. My Aunt Muriel made them all the time – and she would often send some home with me, reminding me of Grandma. Ultimately, these are my favourite cookies because of the sentimental value I have attached to them. Time together with loved ones in the kitchen are such precious moments for me. I have learned that baking was learned by watching, practice and touch… not exact numbers (hence the spottiness of details in the recipe).

 

 

 

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