About this column:
This column is dedicated solely to the art of cookie-making. If you have a cookie recipe you'd like to share, whether it's a holiday cookie or a regular old everyday cookie, send it to Charles Mathewson at qbs1@comcast.net.These cookies are a traditional Swedish confection that my great-grandmother used to make for my grandfather and my mom. My aunt, Sue Menton, gave me the recipe a few years ago. These spiced cookies store very well in cookie tins with waxed paper between the layers. The longer they keep the better the flavor becomes. Butter-1/2 cup Sugar-1 1/4 cup Molasses-1 cup One egg, lightly beaten Flour-3 cups Almonds-1/4 cup finely chopped Orange zest from one orange Baking powder1/2 tsp Baking soda-1/2 tsp Ground ginger-1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon-1 tsp Ground cloves-1 tsp Shortening for greasing the …
My Mom's Molasses Cookies 1/2 cup shorting melted1/2 cup sugar1/2 cup molasses1/2 cup warm water1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon1 tbls. ginger or more for stronger flavor1/8 tsp cloves1/4 tsp salt1 tsp baking soda1/2 tsp. cream tarter3 cups flourBlend shortening, sugar, molasses, water, spices and salt. add flour and baking soda and cream of tarter. mix until well blended. roll into balls and roll in sugar. bake at 375 for 8-12 minutes.
Here at Plymouth Patch we love cookies. All of them. Whether sugar, spritz, gingerbread, Girl Scout, or other. We're cookie crazy. So this December we're celebrating the cookie with our 12 Days of Cookies column. Send in your best cookie recipe with a photo of your kids enjoying them, or some other cute cookie-related photo, and we'll post it as part of our 12 Days of Cookies. Share that famous gingerbread cookie recipe you were telling me about the other day, or the sugar cookies your kids go nuts for. Whether it's a traditional recipe or something new-fangled, butter or vegan, Christmas …
