Rationing WW1 recipe Molasses Nut Cookies

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So in 1918 rationing deepens and recipes start calling for other forms of flour, something we need to keep in mind for our own future. Now we begin to see Barley flour and buckwheat flour back again. If you can find it store Buckwheat. Buckwheat is what saved lives during the years with no summer. It will grow in colder weather and can be harvested several times a year. and is frost resistant.

Molasses Nut Cookies

½ cup shortening

½ cup brown sugar

2/3 cup molasses

¾ cup nuts

1 ½ cups flour

1 cup barley flour

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon

¼ teaspoon cloves

1 ¼ ginger

1 egg

Cream the shortening and add molasses and nuts

Sift together dry ingredients and add gradually to the first mixture, stirring constantly. Add egg beaten until thick and lemon tinted.

Mix thoroughly, drop from the tip of a spoon on a well greased pan ½ inch apart. Bake 15 minute in moderate oven. Makes 3 dozen

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