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Spice Cookies

1½ cup molasses 2 cups flour 1/4 cup sugar 1½ teaspoon soda 1½ tablespoons butter 1½ teaspoon salt 1½ tablespoons lard ½ teaspoon clove 1 tablespoon milk 1½ teaspoon cinnamon 1½ teaspoon nutmeg Heat molasses to boiling-point. Add sugar, shortening, and milk. Mix and sift dry ingredients, and add to first mixture. Chill thoroughly, and proceed as with Ginger Snaps. 1 cup fine oatmeal