Robert E. Lee Cookies
Recipe: #23510
April 16, 2016
"This recipe came from Stratford Hall, Virginia. It is said to be a favorite cookie of the Lee family, especially young Robert E. Lee. The cookies are baked at the Lee Plantation and served to visitors, along with warm cider. This is alot of cookies could cut down or freeze some dough for later ."
Original is 120 servings
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (13.3 g)
- Calories 55.6
- Total Fat - 2.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.5 g
- Cholesterol - 9.6 mg
- Sodium - 64.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.1 g
- Sugars - 4.8 g
- Protein - 0.6 g
- Calcium - 5.3 mg
- Iron - 0.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2
Melt butter and add molasses, sugar and eggs. Beat well.
Step 3
Sift together the flour, soda, cinnamon, ginger and cloves, then add to the butter/molasses mixture.
Step 4
Refrigerate the dough for several hours.
Step 5
Break off pieces of the dough (heaping teaspoon sized) and roll into small balls.
Step 6
Roll the balls in sugar.
Step 7
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet about 1 1/2-inches apart.
Step 8
Bake until firm and brown, about 8-10 minutes.
Tips
No special items needed.
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