Molasses Cookies

A typed recipe for soft and spiced molasses cookies made with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves.

A typed recipe for soft and spiced molasses cookies made with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves.

A typed recipe for Pumpkin Pie—warm spices, brown sugar, creamy pumpkin filling, and one very good reason to save room for dessert.

A handwritten 1970 recipe for Cressa’s Spice Cookies—with molasses, warm spices, Cressa’s own shortcut, and one rule: “Do not over bake.”

A handwritten recipe for Ginger Snaps—molasses, warm spices, a roll through sugar, and five dozen very good reasons to fill the cookie jar.