Soft Molasses Cookies
A dish made with soda and sour milk.
contains glutencontains dairy
Ingredients
US
Metric
- 1 cup molasses
- 1¾ teaspoons soda
- 1 cup sour milk
- ½ cup shortening, melted
- 2 teaspoons ginger
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Flour
Make it lactose-friendly
- 1 cup sour milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
Steps
- Add soda to molasses and beat thoroughly; add milk, shortening, ginger, salt, and flour. Enough flour must be used to make mixture of right consistency to drop easily from spoon. Let stand several hours in a cold place to thoroughly chill. Toss one-half mixture at a time on slightly floured board and roll lightly to one-fourth inch thickness. Shape with a round cutter, first dipped in flour. Bake on a buttered sheet.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
| Calories | 420 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 1.6 g |
| Fat | 23.5 g |
| Carbs | 53.1 g |
| Fiber | 0.0 g |
| Sodium | 518 mg |
Source
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States