Joe Froggers (Soft Molasses Cookies)

Title: Joe Froggers (Soft Molasses Cookies)

Categories: Cookies

Yield: 1 servings

7 c Flour

2 c Sugar

1 c Butter

2 ts Salt

1 ts Ground cloves

1 tb Ginger

2 ts Soda

3/4 c Water

1/4 c Dark rum

2 c Molasses

1 ts Nutmeg

1/2 ts Allspice

2 c Raisins

Cream sugar and butter. In small bowl, dissolve salt in the water. Add

rum. In a pint measuring cup, combine molasses with soda. Sift dry

ingredients together. Add liquid ingredients alternately with dry to the

butter mixture. Add raisins. Chill dough for at least 12 hrs. Divide dough

1/3 thick. Cut into 4 rounds. Put rounds

2 apart

375 until set,

12-15 min.--do not

overbake. --