Recipe For Cooking Chuckwagon Cookies

Toaster Oven Cookies :: Drop Cookies

Chuckwagon Cookies

7 C. sifted flour
1 tea. salt
1 Tbsp. ground ginger
1 tea. ground cloves
1 tea. ground nutmeg
1/2 tea. allspice
3/4 C. hot water
1/4 C. rum or rum flavoring
2 tea. baking soda
2 C. molasses or sorghum
1 C. lard or vegetable shortening
2 C. brown sugar or sugar

Sift together flour, salt and spices. Set aside for a while.

Add baking soda to the sorghum or molasses.

Cream vegetable shortening and sugar in a lrg. crock or bowl. Add water, molasses and rum and cream thoroughly. Add dry ingredients. Stir until mixed well. Roll with a little flour as can be handled or put in refrigerator overnight.

Roll 1/4 in. thick and cut with a 4-in. or lrg.r cookie cutter. Bake on prepared cookie sheet for 10 to 12 min. at 375 degrees F. Will keep for months and improve with age.