Soft Molasses Cookies IV recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup margarine
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 cup unsulfured molasses
4 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon mustard powder
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
¾ cup milk
4 tablespoons raisins

Nutrition Info

193.7 calories
carbohydrate: 31.6 g
cholesterol: 6.7 mg
fat: 6.5 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 2.6 g
saturatedFat: 1.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 244.3 mg
sugar: 14 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a couple of cookie sheets.

  2. In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and lard. Gradually mix in the egg, and molasses. Sift together the flour, baking soda, ginger, dry mustard, instant coffee, and cloves, stir this into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk.

  3. Drop cookie dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. Press a raisin or maraschino cherry into the center of each one. Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.

Recipe Yield

5 dozen

Recipe Note

This is my mothers molasses cookie recipe.. They are very good. A very old fashioned recipe, no one will ever guess the secret ingredient. For a fun variation, substitute maraschino cherries for the raisins.

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