Amish Molasses Nut Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• preheat oven to 375*.
• in large bowl, cream crisco and sugar, then edd the eggs, molasses and vanilla and mix well.
• in a seperate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger.
• and then add to the creamed mixture alternately with the sour milk.stir in the nuts.
• drop batter onto greased sheets, by tspful spaced 2" apart -- and bake for 30 minutes.until golden around the edges.
• allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes on sheets before removing to rack to cool completely -- .

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl beat together the sugar and shortening to creamy. Add beaten eggs, molasses, and vanilla and beat well.
• 2. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger until well blended.
• 3. Add dry mixture to the sugar mixture in several additions, alternating flour and buttermilk until well combined.
• 4. Bake at 375F for 13-15 minutes depending on your stove. They are done when the spring back like a cake. Store in air tight container.
• 5. ***I didn't have buttermilk so I added 2 tbsp of lemon juice to 2 cups of milk.