Maybell's Molasses Creams

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 egg
• About 5 cups flour
• 2 tsp. soda in 1 Tbsp. vinegar
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• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. ginger
• 1 tsp. cinnamon

Directions

Cream sugar, shortening and molasses. Add egg and buttermilk and mix well... Then add the dry ingredients (enough flour to make a soft dough) sifted together and vinegar-soda mixture. Mix well, drop by small spoonful on ungreased cookie sheet, press out thin with fingers dipped in flour or with fork. Bake 10 minutes in 350 degrees F oven. Good served warm. Freezes well.

By Robin from Washington, IA