Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Nantucket Cookies

Category: Baked Goods

Ingredients and Directions

1/2 c Butter

2/3 c Light brown sugar; packed

1/3 c Molasses

1/3 c Water

2 c Flour-minus 1 tb

1 ts Baking soda

Cream the butter and sugar together; stir in the molasses and water. Sift together the flour, soda. Drop by heaping teaspoonsfuls onto well buttered cookie sheets. Bake 11-12 minutes. Loosen immediately from the pan, using a spatula, but wait until the cookies have slightly cooled before transferring them to a cookie rack. Store when cold, in a tightly covered container. NOTE: to make Nantucket Ginger Cookies, add 1 teaspoon ground ginger. Pat Dwigans

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