Grandma Zieglers Molasses Oatmeal Cookies

A favorite of you all, I know. Now you can make them at home. 

3 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 tsp ginger

1/2 tsp cloves

1 1/2 cups oatmeal

Mix together dry ingredients.  

In another bowl beat until creamy: 

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 cup crisco

Add dry ingredients. Beat well then add:

1/2 cup molasses

Mix well. Drop by spoonfuls on cookie sheet. Bake at 370 for 8-10 minutes. Let cool on cookie sheet for one minute before removing. 

8 minutes for soft cookies. 10 minutes for firm cookies like ginger snaps. 

Shoofly Pie! A molasses pie

This is an amazing pie. It sounds weird but it is so delicious it makes you wonder why it's not a popular pie still. So good and easy to make. Make your crust first and let it chill in the fridge while you make the filling.

Shoofly Pie

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup boiling water

1 cup molasses

2 beaten eggs

1/2 cup brown sugar

Topping: 2 cups flour. Cut in 3/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup butter.

Mix baking soda and water. Set aside. Mix well the molasses, eggs and brown sugar. Add baking soda/water. Pour into unbaked pie crust. Sprinkle with topping. Bake at 400 for 10 minutes. Then reduce heat to 350. Bake an additional 25-30 minutes. Let cool. 

Corn Bread! Aunt Shirleys Brown Bread

Corn Bread the way Mom always made it

1 cup flour

1 cup corn meal

1 cup milk

1 tsp salt

3 1/2 tsp baking powder

3 TBS sugar

1 egg

1/4 cup melted butter or shortening, cooled

Mix together flour, corn meal, baking powder, salt and sugar. Add egg, milk and melted butter. Mix. Bake in greased cake pan, pie pan or square pan until golden. 450 degrees for 30-40 minutes. 

Aunt Shirleys Brown Bread

1 cup flour

1/3 cup cornmeal

2/3 cup wheat flour

1/2 tsp each baking powder, baking soda, salt

2/3 cup raisins

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup molasses

1 1/3 cup buttermilk or sour milk

(sour milk: 1 1/3 cup milk plus 1 1/3 TBS vinegar-mix let sit for 5 minutes)

Mix flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Add cornmeal, wheat flour, raisins, brown sugar, and molasses. Mix well. Stir in buttermilk. Bake in greased loaf pan at 350 for 90 minutes-2 hours until done. Eat warm with butter and honey or cream cheese. Delicious.