Molasses Drop Cookies

dessert · from the kitchen of Edna Cody

Molasses Drop Cookies — front of the card
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Molasses Drop Cookies — back of the card
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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.)