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Soft Molasses Cookies III

SUBMITTED BY: Linda Chaffee

"This recipe is at least 175 years old. It has been in my family forever, it just gets handed down from one generation to the next. Makes good gingerbread men."

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Original recipe yield 5 dozen

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

1 cup shortening
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 cups dark molasses
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
9 cups all-purpose flour

DIRECTIONS

Cream shortening and sugar. Add molasses slowly, stirring constantly. Mix spices with cream of tartar and add to mixture.
Mix baking soda and buttermilk. Add alternately with the flour to the sugar and spices mixture. You may not need the whole 9 cups of flour but you should end up with a fairly stiff dough. Chill dough overnight.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Roll dough out to at least 1/4-inch thick (the thicker the better), using as little flour as possible. Keep dough refrigerated when not rolling and cutting. Cut into cookies and brush with beaten egg. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Alternately, you can form the dough into golf ball size round, roll in white sugar, place on a cookie sheet and then flatten slightly.

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Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2002 by JIM.PIERCE

We ended up throwing all but two cookies away. The cookies were cakey and tasted terrible. I... MORE

Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2002 by barbara

The cookies were yummy. So good my sister wants the recipe. Barb from California MORE

Reviewed on Sep. 10, 2005 by PATRINA

These are the best molasses cookies I have ever made or tasted. My family will be making these... MORE

Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2005 by Charlotte

Flavourful! Disappeared quickly in my house. Thank for sharing this recipe! MORE

Reviewed on Jun. 7, 2008 by Judy

Note to those that already tried this recipe and were disappointed: If the cookies were too... MORE

Reviewed on May 17, 2006 by sheocon

I bake cookies all the time and can usually choose good recipes for them but not this time. MORE