Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, salt and cloves, mixing well. In another large bowl, combine the sugar, shortening and egg; mix ...

Cream shortening and sugar, add well-beaten egg. Add molasses and beat well. Combine vinegar and milk. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with milk mixture. Drop by tablespoons about two inches ...

Note: Over the years, several Culinary SOS readers have requested recipes for soft molasses cookies; one specified the kind sold off the Helm’s Bakery trucks that used to roam the Southland. This is ...

Fall has me hankering for all things warm, aromatic and spiced. The cozy nights and even cozier cool mornings always make me salivate for mugs of chai or pumpkin spice and flavors like cinnamon, ...

Linda Lepo of Kintnersville is looking for a recipe for King Neptune’s Shrimp Salad. The salad had shrimp, sugar peas, diced onion and a mayonnaise-based dressing. Gloria Newhard of Danielsville is ...

Q. Do you have a recipe for soft molasses cookies? My mother used to make them with shortening, but I’d prefer to use butter. A. This one is soft and calls for butter. It’s from “Cookies Unlimited” by ...

A reader email asked: "How do I get a nice fluffy, cracked top molasses cookie?" Frustrated with molasses cookies that "come out very flat" even after adding a teaspoon of baking powder to the recipe, ...

Q. I’ve been trying various molasses cookie recipes. I want a cookie that is softer than a gingersnap but not puffy. Can you find a recipe like this? A. I like the recipe from “The Silver Palate ...

George Osley of Allentown is looking for a spice cupcake recipe similar to the cupcakes sold at the former Town Bakery of Allentown. The bakery was in the 500 block of Gordon Street during the 1960s.