Sister Minnie’s Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies
A delicious recipe for soft ginger molasses cookies from the old Shaker Colony in Alfred, Maine. It closed for good in 1925.
By Yankee Magazine
Oct 29 2021
Sister Minnie’s Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies
Photo Credit : Aimee TuckerAn old-fashioned recipe for soft ginger molasses cookies from the old Shaker Colony in Alfred, Maine, now but a memory. It closed in 1925.
Yield:
40 large cookiesIngredients
2-1/4 cups flour
2 level teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup warm water (not hot)
raisins as desired
Instructions
Cream the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the unbeaten egg and molasses and beat well. Sift the flour, soda, salt, and spices together. Add a little at a time to the creamed mixture, cutting in a few raisins at the same time. Add the water. Drop by small teaspoons on an ungreased baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar and put a raisin on each cookie. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 15 minutes or until browned.