Grandma Van's Ginger Cookies

Ingredients

1 Cup Lard

1 Cup Sugar

2 Eggs

1/2 Teaspoon Salt

2 Cups Molasses

2 Tablespoonsful Baking Soda

2 Tablespoonsful Ginger

1 Cup Sour Milk (almost)

7 Cups All Purpose Flour

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Makes approx 165 cookies.

Directions

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Notes

Grandma used to prefer Gold Medal flour, as I recall. And Brer Rabit molasses. She used to refrigerate the dough, as it's very soft. In fact, the recipe says to add "flour to make very soft dough". I made a half recipe and just used the 3.5 cups called for. As I mentioned, Grandma used to roll out the dough and cut out cookies. That was not happening. I had very good luck forming balls with my hands, placing them on a silicon baking sheet (Silpat) and squishing them flat with the bottom of a floured measuring cup. Good Luck! PS, I used the full amount of sour milk...not sure what the "almost" refers to...quantity or sour...