Soft Molasses Cookies III

Name: Soft Molasses Cookies III
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 60
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking soda; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 0 teaspoons cream of tartar; 237 milliliters dark brown sugar; 473 milliliters dark molasses; 2 liters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 237 milliliters shortening

Soft Molasses Cookies III is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 60. One serving contains 148 calories, 2g of protein, and 4g of fat. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of flour, brown sugar, shortening, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Cream shortening and sugar.

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Shortening

Cream

Sugar

Add molasses slowly, stirring constantly.

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Molasses

Mix spices with cream of tartar and add to mixture.

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Cream Of Tartar

Spices

Mix baking soda and buttermilk.

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Baking Soda

Buttermilk

Add alternately with the flour to the sugar and spices mixture. You may not need the whole 9 cups of flour but you should end up with a fairly stiff dough. Chill dough overnight.

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Spices

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Oven

Roll dough out to at least 1/4-inch thick (the thicker the better), using as little flour as possible. Keep dough refrigerated when not rolling and cutting.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

Cut into cookies and brush with beaten egg.

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Egg

Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Alternately, you can form the dough into golf ball size round, roll in white sugar, place on a cookie sheet and then flatten slightly.

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Granulated Sugar

Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet