Created by dienia b on December 16, 2018
Step 1: Sift dry ingredients
Step 2: Cream sugar with shortening
Step 3: Add eggs
Step 4: Add molasses
Step 5: Add dry ingredients
Step 6: You may need to add a little more flour to make a stiff dough,as this was very old cook book
Step 7: Roll into marble sized balls
Step 8: Place on greased cookie sheet
Step 9: It says bake in moderate oven which is 350 degrees and no time given so I'm guessing 10 minutes watch cause these babies are going to burn easily
Step 10: Miss Edna Swanson said these are delicious and keep indefinitely and make 4 dozen cookies