Dessert Recipes - Old-Fashioned Molasses Cookies Recipe

Ingredients 

• 1 cup E1am's Stone Ground 100% Whole Wheat Flour

• 3/4 cup Elam's Unbleached White Flour with Wheat Germ

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1/2 tsp baking soda

• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

• 1/2 cup soft shortening or butter

• 3/4 cup (packed) brown sugar

• 1 egg

• 1/4 cup molasses

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Method:

1. Combine and mix first 5 ingredients in bowl; reserve. Beat shortening or butter until creamy.

2. Add brown sugar gradually; beat well after each addition. Add egg and molasses; beat until smooth. Blend in dry ingredients; mix well. Chill dough 1-2 hours.

3. Shape dough into balls using a level Tbs of dough for each. Place balls 2 inches apart on un-greased baking sheets.

4. Bake in slow oven (325F) until done, 15-18 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool.