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Lumberjacks
Lumberjacks are a cookie from the Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook, and they reflect baking from 1830s New England.
Ingredients
- caster sugar1 cup
- vegetable shortening or butter, white vegetable shortening1 cup
- molasses, dark1 cup
- egg2
- flour, sifted; not self-raising4 cup
- bicarbonate of soda1 tsp
- cinnamon2 tsp
- ground ginger1 tsp
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 9 steps
Cream together the sugar and shortening.
Add molasses and eggs, and mix well.
Sift together the flour, spices, and bicarbonate of soda. Add this mixture to the egg-butter mixture, and mix well to make a dough.
Put ¼ cup additional white sugar into a small bowl.
Dip fingers into the sugar, then pinch off a ball of dough and roll it into the size and shape of a walnut.
Roll the cookie dough ball into the sugar and place on a greased cookie sheet.
Repeat the shaping and sugar-coating process with the remaining dough, spacing the cookies about 3 inches apart on the sheet.
Bake in a preheated 350°F (175°C) oven for 10–15 minutes.
Let cool completely—the cookies should be soft when cooled.
