Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, salt and cloves, mixing well. In another large bowl, combine the sugar, shortening and egg; mix ...

Cream shortening and sugar, add well-beaten egg. Add molasses and beat well. Combine vinegar and milk. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with milk mixture. Drop by tablespoons about two inches ...

In this episode of In the Kitchen with Matt, I will show you how to make Molasses Cookies. This recipe for soft molasses ...

When the weather gets a little chilly and the leaves start changing colors, we start to get serious about our fall baking.

Linda Lepo of Kintnersville is looking for a recipe for King Neptune’s Shrimp Salad. The salad had shrimp, sugar peas, diced onion and a mayonnaise-based dressing. Gloria Newhard of Danielsville is ...

A reader email asked: "How do I get a nice fluffy, cracked top molasses cookie?" Frustrated with molasses cookies that "come out very flat" even after adding a teaspoon of baking powder to the recipe, ...

Q. I’ve been trying various molasses cookie recipes. I want a cookie that is softer than a gingersnap but not puffy. Can you find a recipe like this? A. I like the recipe from “The Silver Palate ...

When leaves start changing colors, it's time to break out fall desserts. One cookie from Laura Ingalls Wilder is particularly ...

Frederick Rickmeyer, our hats are off to you and your note-taking ways. Shortly after the turn of the last century, Frederick started documenting his wife's recipes on the blank memoranda pages of a ...

Note: Over the years, several Culinary SOS readers have requested recipes for soft molasses cookies; one specified the kind sold off the Helm’s Bakery trucks that used to roam the Southland. This is ...

George Osley of Allentown is looking for a spice cupcake recipe similar to the cupcakes sold at the former Town Bakery of Allentown. The bakery was in the 500 block of Gordon Street during the 1960s.