Cowboy Molasses Cookies

Cream together:
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar

Add and mix well:
1 cup molasses

add:
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp Cinnamon
3/4 tsp salt
4 1/2 cups flour

Mix well

Dissolve 2 tsp soda in 1 cup of boiling water and add to mixture. Beat up one egg and add last. Mix well.
Drop by teaspoon on cookie sheet and bake at 475 for 10 min. (My grandmother Alice May Hunt Despain)

Molasses Taffy

1 cup molasses
2 tsp vinegar
1/8 tsp salt
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbs butter
1/8 tsp baking soda

Boil molasses, sugar, and vinegar to hard ball stage (260-270 F) Remove from heat. Add butter, baking soda and salt. Stir only enough to blend. Pour into well-buttered pan. When cool, pull until light and porous. Cut in 1 inch pieces.

Molasses

Molasses have been the basis for cough syrups for a long time. Molasses should supply iron most children lack. Any bread which is customarily sweetened can be made with blackstrap molasses.

When fixing cooked cereal add 1/2 to 2 tsp of molasses for a different flavor.