1 cupful New Orleans molasses.

½ cupful sugar.

Finch of salt.

1 tablespoonful cinnamon.

1 teaspoonful soda dissolved in the milk.

½ cupful lard.

½ cupful sweet milk.

Set the pan over a kettle of boiling water, and stir until it foams, then add enough flour to roll out. Mix very soft, and roll out ½ inch thick.

Molasses Cookies (II)

1 cupful New Orleans molasses. ½ cupful lard.

¾ cupful boiling water poured over 1 heaping teaspoonful of soda. Pinch of salt.

Mix with flour soft as possible and roll out.

Molasses Cookies (III)

1 quart molasses. 1 tablespoonful soda.

1 pint sour milk or buttermilk. 1 cupful lard. ½ teaspoonful salt.

Stir in flour till it is thick enough to roll. Bake so as to be soft to the touch. 1 tablespoonful of cinnamon may be used if liked.