Feasley's Recipes

Molasses Drop Cookies

dessert~40 minfrom the kitchen of Edna CodyPhoebe Butler’s recipe box

egg · sugar · molasses · water · baking soda · shortening · cinnamon · ginger · raisin · flour

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15 min active · 40 min total (times estimated)

Ingredients

  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup molasses
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • ½ package raisins
  • Flour, enough to stir thick as stirred cake (quantity not specified)

Steps

  1. Beat the egg and combine with sugar, molasses, boiling water, baking soda, shortening, cinnamon, and ginger. Mix well.
  2. Add raisins.
  3. Stir in enough flour until the batter is as thick as a stirred cake batter.
  4. Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet. (No oven temperature or baking time specified on the card.)