Spice Cookies I

Ingredients

 * ½ cup molasses
 * 2 cups flour
 * ¼ cup sugar
 * ½ teaspoon soda
 * 1½ tablespoons butter
 * ½ teaspoon salt
 * 1½ tablespoons lard
 * ½ teaspoon clove
 * 1 tablespoon milk
 * ½ teaspoon cinnamon
 * ½ teaspoon nutmeg

Directions
To prepare this Spice Cookies Recipe 2, first heat molasses to boiling-point. Add sugar, shortening, and milk. Mix and sift dry ingredients, and add to first mixture. Chill thoroughly. Toss one-fourth of mixture on a floured board and roll as thinly as possible; shape with a small round cutter, first dipped in flour. Place near together on a buttered sheet and bake in a moderate oven. Gather up the trimmings and roll with another portion of dough. During rolling, the bowl containing mixture should be kept in a cool place, or it will be necessary to add more flour to dough, which makes cookies hard rather than crisp and short.