Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
3/4 cup oil/lard
1/2 cup hot water
2 eggs
1 tsp. soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. ginger
6-7 cups flour
Directions:
Combine sugar, molasses, oil and water (rinse molasses from cup with hot water). Add 2 eggs. Mix together soda, cinnamon, salt and ginger and add to sugar mixture. Add flour. Refrigerate dough overnight. Roll out and cut with cookie cutter. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. To roll out dough we use Pam instead of flour. Cookies freeze well and are softer and more flavorful after freezing.
From: Scovil Bakery- Nauvoo, Illinois
