Aunt Sally's Cookies

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Title: Aunt Sally's Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 1 servings

1 c Shortening
2 Eggs
1 c Sugar
1 c Molasses
1 c Buttermilk
5 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Salt
4 ts Soda
2 ts Cinnamon
1/4 ts Nutmeg
1/2 ts Ground cloves
2 ts Ginger

This cookie recipe is interesting. Read the recipe and the frosting
recipe. Both are different in some ways from any that I have in my files. I
made these cookies this morning. Note my changes at the end of the recipe.
Cream shortening and sugar; beat in eggs, molasses and buttermilk. Mix
in remaining ingredients. Refrigerate dough ovenight. Roll dough 1/4" thick
and cut out cookies with an empty Spam can. Bake on greased cookie sheets.
Cool and frost. Bake 325 for 13-14 min.
Frosting: 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 1 cup cold water 3 cups
powdered sugar (possibly a little more to produce a suitable spreading
consistency.) 3/4 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. vanilla. Dissolve gelatin in
cold water; stir. In saucepan, bring this mixture to a boil and simmer for
10 min. Add powdered sugar, baking powder and vanilla. Beat until thick and
creamy.
Notes: The original recipe calls for only 1-3/4 c. powdered sugar.
This did not produce a spreading consistency, so I added more powdered
sugar. The frosting hardens nicely (no sticky surface) and has an almost
marshmallow consistency---no sticky surface but soft inside. The cookies
remain soft if not overbaked. Bette Leland

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