New England Soft Molasses Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
1/2 cup coffee
2-1/2 to 4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix ingredients in order, using as much flour as you want to adjust the thickness of the cookie. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a baking sheet. Bake for 5 to 8 minutes. (Optional: Add ½ cup dates, raisins, or nuts.)
Yield:
3 dozen cookies
Credit:
Maple Hill Farm Bed & Breakfast Inn, Hallowell, Maine
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cookies came out of
cookies came out of oven,puffy and about 1/3 inch thick;as they cooled they flattened out to 1/8inch thin!