Spice Cookies Recipe 1

Ingredients for Spice Cookies

• 3 eggs
• 1½ cups brown sugar
• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup molasses
• ½ cup sour milk
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon powdered ginger
• 1 teaspoon powdered cloves
• 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• Flour to make a stiff dough

Instructions

1. Beat eggs five minutes, then add sugar and beat five minutes, then add vegetable shortening and beat until thoroughly mixed, add molasses, milk, soda, salt, spices, baking powder, and enough flour to make stiff dough.
2. Leave mixture in basin until following day.
3. Take pieces of dough and roll out, cut with small cutter, lay on vegetable shorteninged tins and bake in moderate oven from seven to ten minutes.
4. Sufficient for ninety cookies.