Granny Benston's Soft Molasses Cookies Recipe
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Ingredients: 1 C. shortening
1 C. brown sugar
1 egg
1 C. baking molasses
1 tsp. vanilla
4 C. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/4 C. warm water
2 tsp. soda
1 C. raisins
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Directions:Cream together shortening, sugar and egg. Add baking molasses, dissolve soda in water, and combine in bowl . Add vanilla; sift together flour and salt, stir into flour mixture pumpkin pie spice; Add to mixing bowl in small amounts until all is blended; mix in raisins. Place by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. and bake at 325º for 15 minutes. Remove and place on cooling rack. Store in a airtight container with one piece of bread in it to soften cookies and keep cookies moist. |
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Notes: Where do I start with the story on this recipe? They have been a part of our Christmas festivities forever! I made a container of them to take on our honeymoon to Minnesota to the Farm Fest in 1976. Countless containers were shipped to Iraq and Afghanistan when Bart deployed each time. Always with a slice of bread in them to ensure that they would be soft when they arrived. Bart once convinced one of his soldiers to eat the bread, as that was the best part of the shipment! LOL! Granny Benston passed this recipe down to my mom and it's now on it's 5th generation. I don't know if it was passed down to her. Pictured: Granny Benston, who raised Bert Mowell.
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