Recipe 1162 - Raisin Molasses Cookies
Recipe 1162 - Raisin Molasses Cookies
(by Margaret Wetzel - friend)
1 cup white sugar
1 cup Crisco shortening
1 cup Brer Rabbit green label baking molasses
2 tsp. baking soda
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup raisins
4 cups flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. salt
Put raisins in a saucepan--cover them with water. Bring the water to a boil,
then boil the raisins for 5 minutes--drain the raisins and set aside. In a mixer
add white sugar and Crisco--beat. Add egg--beat. Add molasses--beat. Add
buttermilk, cinnamon, cloves, baking soda and salt--beat. Slowly add flour--
beat--if it gets too stiff for the mixer remove bowl from mixer and continue
with a wooden spoon. Add raisins--stir with a wooden spoon. Drop by
teaspoonfuls on to greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10
minutes.
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This recipe is from Shirley McNevich's first Mom's Best Recipes Volume 5. Published here with permission.
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