Lumberjacks

Lumberjacks are a cookie from the Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook, and they reflect baking from 1830s New England.

Ingredients

• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup white vegetable shortening or butter
• 1 cup dark molasses
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups sifted flour (not self-raising)
• 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ginger

Steps

1. Cream together the sugar and shortening.
2. Add molasses and eggs, and mix well.
3. Sift together the flour, spices, and bicarbonate of soda. Add this mixture to the egg-butter mixture, and mix well to make a dough.
4. Put ¼ cup additional white sugar into a small bowl.
5. Dip fingers into the sugar, then pinch off a ball of dough and roll it into the size and shape of a walnut.
6. Roll the cookie dough ball into the sugar and place on a greased cookie sheet.
7. Repeat the shaping and sugar-coating process with the remaining dough, spacing the cookies about 3 inches apart on the sheet.
8. Bake in a preheated 350°F (175°C) oven for 10–15 minutes.
9. Let cool completely—the cookies should be soft when cooled.

More recipes with shortening, molasses, eggs, flour, baking soda, cinnamon or ginger

Adapted from “Lumberjacks” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.