Drop Cookies

Recipe from: The Story of Pure Vanilla, rewritten by R.C. Schlotterer.
Published by the Vanilla Bean Association of America, © 1955.

1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup molasses
2 1/2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
Few drops lemon extract
1 cup raisins, chopped
1 cup nut meats

Cream butter or margarine; add brown sugar and blend until it is smooth. Add beaten eggs. Add molasses. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and spices (reserving one-quarter cup of flour to dredge raisins and nuts), and add to first mixture alternately with milk, in which soda has been dissolved. Stir in flavoring extracts. Add floured raisins and nuts. Drop by teaspoonful on well greased baking sheet. Bake in hot oven (425° F.) 8 to 10 minutes.

Drop Cookies

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