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Grandma's Soft Molasses Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup molasses
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 cup boiling water
Directions:
Directions:
Cream shortening and sugar together. Stir in egg and molasses.
Sift dry ingredients together.
Mix about half the dry ingredients into molasses mixture, then mix in about half the boiling water. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients, and then remaining water.
Refrigerate dough at least one hour.
Roll out 1/2-inch thick on lightly floured surface; cut cookies.
Bake at 375˚F for 10-15 mins.
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
5 mins. prep, plus an hour chilling, plus 5 mins. to cut out, plus 10-15 mins. baking
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Note from Julie: My father, Clare, enjoyed these cookies so much that my mother, Dolores, asked her grandmother, "Femie", for the recipe. Femie baked by feel, so she and her daughter-in-law, Elva, made several batches to work out the measurements for the ingredients.

 

 

 

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