CRY BABY COOKIES (German) Lois Cease, Tulsa, OK
"My father, G.F. Raymon, had a ministry. We visited people in small communities in Oklahoma and the hills of Missouri and Arkansas, where people had no church and no money. My mother was full-blood German and a good cook. She thought something good to eat was the cure for everything. There were six of us children. We always took food with us - a basket of 'Cry Baby Cookies'."
1 cup butter
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
4 cups flour
1 egg
1 teaspoon soda
1 cup molasses
1 teaspoon ginger
Oven 350 degrees. Sift dry ingredients together. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg, molasses, milk and dry ingredients. Bake on cookie sheets 20 minutes.