Loretta’s Ginger Cracked Top Cookies
Submitted by: Bryon
Who passed this recipe down to you? Ruth Baker
How old is this recipe? 59+ years
The story behind the recipe:
I inherited some books filled with handwritten recipes after my grandmother passed and we cleaned out her house. As I went through the recipes I discovered this are from her second husband’s family. Loretta was his mother.
Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
1 cup Sugar
1 egg
1 cup molasses
2 tsp soda
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp ginger
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp cloves
¼ tsp vanilla
How to make it:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Cream sugar and shortening. Stir in molasses, then egg.
Stir in dry ingredients. (The following is added by me based on experiment):
Chill dough, then form into balled of about 2 tablespoons is size, roll in sugar and place on cookie sheet. Bake about 10 minutes.
