1 cup shortening I cup brown sugar 1 cup molasses 4 well-beaten eggs 1 teaspoon clove

3 1/2 cups buckwheat flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon soda

Cream oil and sugar together; add eggs and beat hard, then add molasses. Sift dry ingredients together; combine mixtures. If preferred thicker, add one-half cup more flour. Drop by spoonfuls, two inches apart, on well-oiled pans. Bake in rather hot oven. Use lower grate until about half done, then finish on upper grate.