Recipe - Moravian Christmas Cookies

2 cup Shortening
2 One fourth cup Brown sugar
1 qt Molasses
8 cup Flour
1 tablespoon Cloves
1 tablespoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ginger
One half teaspoon Baking soda
*dissolved in:
1 teaspoon Vinegar

Use a mixture of butter and lard for the shortening. Sift the flour and
spices together. Add sugar and mix well. Work in the shortening with the
finger tips or with a pastry blender. Add baking soda and molasses and mix
thoroughly. Chill. Roll very thin on floured board and cut with fancy
cookie cutters. Bake at 350F about 10 minutes. Source: Pennsylvania Dutch
Cook Book Fine Old Recipes, Culinary Arts Press, 1936.

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