Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies (1935)

This recipe comes from a depression era cookbook published in 1935. This molasses spice cookie recipe produces a soft chewy ginger spice cookie with a deep molasses flavor.

INGREDIENTS

½ cup shortening
½ cup sugar
1 egg
¾ cup molasses
¼ cup milk
2 ¾ cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp soda
¾ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp ginger
½ tsp salt

DIRECTIONS

Cream shortening and sugar together.
Add beaten egg, molasses and milk and mix well.
Sift dry ingredients together and add to the first mixture.
Mix well.
Drop by teaspoons on a greased baking sheet and flatten with the back of a spoon.
Bake in a moderate oven (350ºF) about 12 minutes.
For parties decorate with a sugar frosting.