Irma's Recipes

After my mother, Irma, died, somehow I ended up with her three file card boxes of recipes. Over the years since, I've expected that one of these days, both my sisters would visit me at the same time and we would divide up the recipes. But I've come to realize that they should stay together and end up in the custody of one of my nieces or nephews. And that they should be available online to all of Mom's family and friends--and to anyone who happens to be searching for something she cooked.

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Frosted Spice Cookies

Among the many treats we enjoyed when visiting Gettysburg were the yummy cookies Great Uncle Albert's wife, Aunt Minnie, who hailed from Sweden, made:

Aunt Minnie's Cookies

1/2 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 c. molasses
4 c. flour
1/2 t. salt
2 t. soda
2 t. ginger
1 t. nutmeg
1 t. cloves
1 t. cinnamon
1 c. boiling water (add last)

Drop by teaspoons. 400 for 10 min.

Frosting

2 c. powdered sugar
1 T melted butter
3 T cream
1 t. vanilla