Amish Molasses Nut Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup crisco
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375*.
• 2 in large bowl, cream crisco and sugar, then edd the eggs, molasses and vanilla and mix well.
• 3 in a seperate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger.
• 4 and then add to the creamed mixture alternately with the sour milk.stir in the nuts.
• 5 drop batter onto greased sheets, by tspful spaced 2" apart -- and bake for 30 minutes.until golden around the edges.
• 6 allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes on sheets before removing to rack to cool completely -- .