Dessert

Aunt Lena's Soft Molasses Cookies is for Dessert.

Aunt Lena's Soft Molasses Cookies takes several minutes to prepare.

Aunt Lena's Soft Molasses Cookies takes several minutes to cook.

Aunt Lena's Soft Molasses Cookies makes 60 servings.

The ingredients for Aunt Lena's Soft Molasses Cookies are:

1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Shortening
1 Cup Molasses
1 Egg
5 Cups flour
1 Tsp each baking soda, nutmeg, allspice
2 Tsp each ginger, cloves, cinnamon
Sour milk (14 oz can of evaporated milk soured with 1 Tbsp vinegar)..

Here is how you make Aunt Lena's Soft Molasses Cookies:

Cream together Eggs, shortening, sugar and molasses in a very large mixing bowl, until smooth and creamy.In a seperate large mixing bowl, whisk together all the other dry ingrediants.Gradually add the dry ingrediants, alternating with the milk, mixing each addition until completely incorporated.Cover bowl and freeze overnight.When ready to make cookies:Turn out dough on to a lightly floured surface. Either pat or roll w/ a floured rolling pin til desired thickness. Cookies do puff quite a bit.Cut w/ floured cutter. I used a small drinking glass to get a good size cookie.Place on cookie sheet.Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven, 8-10 minutes.Makes about 60 cookies.Number of Servings: 60Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RAINBOWTIA.

The nutritional information for Aunt Lena's Soft Molasses Cookies is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 60
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 109.8

• Total Fat: 4.2 g
• Cholesterol: 8.2 mg
• Sodium: 32.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 16.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.4 g
• Protein: 1.7 g