Molasses Oatmeal Cookies

Food for the Body for the Soul, p. 88

½ cup sugar

½ cup molasses

¾ cup shortening, melted and cooled

¼ cup milk

2 eggs

2 cups sifted flour

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon soda

1 teaspoon cloves

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 cups quick oatmeal

1 cup seedless raisins

Mix the first five ingredients in the order given. 

One of my eggs was one of those two-yolk ones!

Add sifted dry ingredients, oatmeal and raisins. Mix well. Drop by teaspoon on greased cookie sheet, 1 inch apart. 

They look almost exactly the same before and after baking.

Bake in moderate oven (375F.) 8 to 10 minutes.

My Rating: 4/5 "I like where this is going. They're a rich cookie, but not a gooey-sweet one. My one major qualm was that there was too much cloves for comfort. Reduce that, maybe add some nutmeg or ginger, you're good to go!"