18.08.02 - 11:00 p.m.
she might have been eighty: hair perfectly
coiffed, fingernails shiny with new polish.
trailed nutmeg or gingerbread or molasses cookies
through the classics, through fiction lingering
at e annie proulx, through poetry and science fiction
to settle in mysteries and i inhaled winter,
a fireplace and tea and warm plaid blankets
through the stacks. eyes closed, forgetting the heat outside.
molasses cookies
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2 cups flour
2 t baking soda
1 t ground cinnamon
1 t ground ginger
1/2 t ground cloves
1/3 cup white sugar
preheat oven to 350. mix oil and 1 cup sugar in large bowl.
flour, baking soda and spices. if necessary,
add more flour to make a firm dough.
shape dough into 1 1/4" balls. roll in
remaining sugar. place 3 inches apart on an ungreased
baking sheet. bake 12 to 14 minutes or until tops crack.
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