{"id":7631,"slug":"old-fashioned-molasses-cookies","title":"OLD-FASHIONED MOLASSES COOKIES","description":"From The International Jewish Cook Book by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum.","ingredients_raw":["one generous cup of butter","two cups of New Orleans molasses","two teaspoons of powdered ginger","one teaspoon of powdered cinnamon","half a large nutmeg","two teaspoons of baking-soda","half a cup of hot water","enough sifted flour to make a light dough just stiff enough to roll out"],"ingredients_norm":["butter","new orleans molasses","powdered ginger","powdered cinnamon","nutmeg","baking soda","hot water","enough sifted flour to make light dough just stiff enough to roll out"],"steps":["Put in a mixing bowl one generous cup of butter which has stood in a warm place until quite soft; add two cups of New Orleans molasses; whip these ingredients to a foam.","Add two teaspoons of powdered ginger, one teaspoon of powdered cinnamon and grate in half a large nutmeg; stir these spices well through the mixture.","Dissolve two teaspoons of baking-soda in half a cup of hot water; stir it through the mixture.","Stir in enough sifted flour to make a light dough just stiff enough to roll out.","Dust the pastry board well with flour and rub the rolling-pin well with flour.","Flour the hands well, take out some of the dough, put it on the pastry board, quickly roll it out to the thickness of a quarter of an inch.","Cut the dough out with a round cutter, with or without scallops, and put them in well-floured baking-pans and bake in a slow oven till a golden brown."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350","source_ref":"pg:12350:w83:3","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"7928e4a34cb3c17ab291b449cfc2b103bdf8a375adeeec77af3911d886864ece","created_at":"2026-08-02T17:02:55Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe, reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/old-fashioned-molasses-cookies"}