Our Family Food Favorites: Nelma's Soft Molasses Cookies

Sep 12, 2016

Nelma's Soft Molasses Cookies

This is a recipe from Jay's Mom, Nelma Irvine. We love the softness of the cookies. We recently did a taste test of 4 different boxes of Gingersnap from the grocery store. They were okay but we were still not satisfied. Then, I remembered this recipe (I had to do some digging to find it in my pile of recipes.) So, I made a batch of the cookies and we both think that this recipe is better than any of the store bought cookies. Bake a batch and decide for yourself!

Nelma's Soft Molasses Cookies

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup molasses
2 eggs
4 cups flour
2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
2 1/4 teaspoons ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons cloves
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Mix all ingredients together. *Chill. Roll into teaspoon size balls. Drop into sugar. Roll in sugar to coat. Bake at 350 degrees on greased baking sheets for 10 minutes. Do not overbake.

*Chill- for fluffier cookies
*Don't chill- for crunchier cookies

Recipe shared by Robin.

"Saying Grace" by Norman Rockwell

This painting was created for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post’s 1951 Thanksgiving issue. It portrays a woman and a young boy saying grace in a crowded restaurant while the people around them glance in their direction. Rockwell was inspired to create this artwork by a reader of the magazine who saw a Mennonite family praying in a restaurant.

In 1955, the readers of The Saturday Evening Post voted Saying Grace as their favorite ever cover. The painting was sold for $46 million in an auction at Sotheby’s in December 2013. At that time, it set the record for the most expensive American painting ever sold at auction. The $46 million paid for Saying Grace remains the highest known price paid for a Norman Rockwell artwork.