Molasses Cookies

Here's a recipe (at least some of it) for "Emma's Molasses Cookies."

1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
1 cup shortening
1/2 cup hot water
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon soda, not heaping
Ginger and cinnamon

I guess it's up to you to put it all together.

Found in "Pierce Gage and His Descendants" (sounds like a British Invasion band). Compiled and published by George Gage, 1894.

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