Instructions: Raisins, nuts, chocolate chips, birdseed, etc.

Preheat oven to 350 F

Mix dry ingredients. Cream together sugars, shortening, vanilla, molasses.

Mix in dry ingredients until mixed. Add "extras" - raisins, nuts, chips, etc. (I like pecans and chocolate chips). Roll tablespoons of the batter into little balls (the molasses will make a mess out of your hands - I have to wash them a few times) about 3/4" or 1" in diameter; place on a greased cookie sheet. Press them down with your fingers to flatten them, and put them in the oven for 11-13 minutes. If you bake them at a bit lower than 350 you can do it longer and they get more crispy. Remove from oven and let sit for a minute or two so they dont fall apart when you cool them on a wire rack.

Gary L Hewitt

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