Best Great Grandma Sabins Sour Milk Cookies Recipes

SOUR MILK MOLASSES DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat together the sugar and shortening until the sugar crystals have begun to break down, about 2 minutes. Beat in the egg and molasses until just combined.
• In a smaller bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves.
• Mix the dry mix and sour milk into the wet bowl in alternating thirds. Fold in raisins, if using.
• Chill the dough for two hours or more.
• Drop by rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 11 minutes.
• Remove from oven an place on a cooling rack. Allow the cookies to cool and dust with powdered sugar.
• Note: For best results allow your baking sheet to fully cool before using between batches.

GREAT GRANDMA SABIN'S MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. in large mixing bowl mix together the sugar, molasses, crisco until well blended. Add cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Slowly add in the flour alternating with the water until dough forms a ball. You may not use all the flour.
• 2. roll out dough to 1/4 in thickness and cut into fairly good sized circles. My grandma had a large scalloped edge cookie cutter that she only used for these cookies, but I use a drinking glass, so anything works!
• 3. Put cookies on greased cookie sheet and sprinkle with sugar. Or you could wait until they were done and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Bake in 350* oven for about 8-10 min. kinda depends on how big your cookies are. But they should be cake like and soft not crunchy and hard (although if that happens they are wonderful dunked in your coffee!)

WHITE DROP COOKIES (SOUR MILK CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together sugar, eggs and shortening.
• To make sour milk, add 1 teaspoons white vinegar to the measuring cup before adding milk. Allow vinegar and milk to sit for 3 minutes. Then add milk to mixing bowl along with baking soda, vanilla and salt.
• Stir in flour one cup at a time.
• Fold in nuts (optional) and chocolate chips.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes or until tops of cookies are no longer shiny, and bottoms are lightly browned.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Store in an air-tight container for up to 5 days.

GREAT GRANDMA SABIN'S SOUR MILK COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Beat eggs well. Add sugar and beat. Add shortening and be continue beating. Sift dry ingredients (use 4 cups flour) together and alternating with the sour milk add to egg mixture , continue beating...slowly add additional flour until dough forms a sticky ball.
• 2. Turn dough out unto a floured surface. Slowly kneed in additional flour until the dough is not sticky on the outside but still a soft dough. divide in half and roll the dough out to about 1/4 inch thickness. My Grandma had this large circle cookie cutter she used to make these over sized cookies. And they do work better if you make them large. I just use a glass dipped in flour to make my cookies. You can use shaped cutters but use large ones. Once you have your cookies on the tray, sprinkle with plain white sugar. You can be festive and colored sugar but I like the more traditional white sugar.
• 3. Bake about 10 minutes at 375* degrees. Bake until cookies puff up a bit and dough looks dry. Do not over cook them or they will be hard.