3 cups sifted enriched flour
1½ teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons ginger
½ cup shortening
1 cup sugar
½ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES
½ cup plus 1 tablespoon water
Heat oven to 475° F. (very hot). Sift together first four ingredients.
Cream shortening and sugar. Add molasses. Add water alternately with
flour mixture. Put dough through pastry bag or drop ½ teaspoonful dough
at a time onto greased cooky sheets. Flatten cookies ⅛ inch thick by
stamping with bottom of glass covered with a damp cloth. Bake 6 minutes
or until cookies have lightly browned. Cool. Store in tightly closed tin
box.
YIELD: 8 to 9 dozen cookies.