Recipe - Chocolate Jumbles

1 cup Cocoa
1 cup Water; hot
2 cup Brown sugar
1 cup Molasses
1 cup Shortening
2 Egg yolks
1 teaspoon Baking soda; heaping
Flour; to make soft dough
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Cloves
1 teaspoon Allspice

Add hot water to cocoa and soda. Let stand while preparing other
ingredients. Cream shortening, adding sugar gradually. Add beaten egg
yolks, molasses and cocoa mixture. Sift spices with flour and add. Roll
soft as possible. Cut with cooky cutter. Bake in hot oven. Egg whites may
be used to make icing for cookies.

Note: Hot oven is 350 400 F.

Source: Mrs. N. C. Lee, Monroe Grange, Ashtabula County, OH

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