Recipe - Mysterious Wine Drop Cookies

2/3 cup Shortening
1 cup Packed brown sugar
1 Egg
4 cup Flour
2 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Powdered ginger
1 teaspoon Ground cloves
1 cup Molasses
1 cup Sour milk
Three fourths cup Raisins, optional
Confectioners' sugar

This comes from a great cookbook that was given to me for Christmas many
years ago "Christmas Memories Cookbook" by Mystic Seaport Members. Many of
the recipes in it are fabulous and have become Christmas traditions, as
well as recipes used all year long. The theme of the book is a Victorian
Christmas, but few of the recipes are actually identified as Victorian.
Here's one I could find. If I find more, I'll post them.

A 100year old recipe. The mystery is ours. Who drank the wine?

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Cream well the shortening, sugar and egg

3. In medium bowl, combine dry ingredients. In another bowl combine milk
and molasses

4. Add flour and milk mixture. Add raisins

5. Drop by spoonsful onto lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 15
minutes

6. While still warm from the oven, dust with confectioners' sugar

One thing the book says is that there were no before dinner drinks or
appetizers. They apparently were not seen in the US until WW1. There may be
more suggestions that would help you in the book. If you have any
questions, email me privately.

Posted to EATL Digest 17 Sep 96

From: Denise LaPorte c622401@BLACK.MISSOURI.EDU

Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 10:59:43 0700