Special Recipes
POST’S BRAN MOLASSES COOKIES
| ⅓ cup molasses | ½ teaspoon salt |
| ¼ cup sugar | ¼ teaspoon soda (scant measure) |
| ⅓ cup melted butter | |
| ⅓ cup boiling water | 1 teaspoon cinnamon |
| 1 egg | ½ teaspoon cloves |
| 1½ cups flour | 1 cup Post’s Bran Flakes |
| 1½ teaspoons baking powder |
Mix the molasses, sugar, butter, and boiling water together; add beaten egg; then add flour, baking powder, salt, soda, and spices well sifted together; add Post’s Bran Flakes and mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls on oiled baking sheet and bake in moderate oven (375° F.) from 8 to 10 minutes.
This recipe makes thirty cookies.
POST’S BRAN SPICE COOKIES
| ⅓ cup butter or other fat | ¼ teaspoon cloves |
| ½ cup sugar | ¼ teaspoon allspice |
| 1 egg | ½ cup raisins |
| ¾ cup flour | ¼ cup walnut meats |
| ¼ teaspoon baking powder | 1 cup Post’s Bran Flakes |
| ¼ teaspoon salt | ¼ cup milk |
| ½ teaspoon cinnamon |
Cream the butter and sugar, then stir in well-beaten egg. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and spices together and add to egg mix-ture together with raisins, nuts, Post’s Bran Flakes, and milk. Mix well. Drop from teaspoon on to oiled tins and bake in a moderate oven (350° to 375° F.) from 10 to 12 minutes.
This recipe makes about thirty cookies.
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