Thank you for joining us for week fourof the Foxfire Bake Along! We hope y’all had a relaxing Thanksgiving with safe gatherings and good food. Get ready for your holiday cookie swap with this fun recipe! If you don’t fancy making 8 dozen cookies, we highly recommend cutting the recipe in half (see below). Get creative and make new flavor combinations by replacing the nuts and raisins with other seeds/nuts and dried fruit! Don’t forget to share your photo below or tag #FoxfireBakeAlong on social media!

Cry-Baby Cookies

Recipe from Mary Pitts, The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery

Ingredients:

• 1 cup + 2 Tbsp shortening
• 1 cup + 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1 cup molasses or sorghum syrup
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 4 3/4 cups sifted flour
• 1 Tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups grated coconut
• 2 cups chopped walnuts
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 1 cup milk

Cream shortening, then add sugar, molasses/sorghum, and eggs. Sift together dry ingredients, then combine with coconut, walnuts, and raisins. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk to creamed mixture. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet. Bake in a 350 degrees Fahrenheit oven for 10 minutes. YIELD: 8 dozen cookies

Half recipe:

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses or sorghum
• 1 egg
• 2 1/3 cup flour
• 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup walnuts
• 3/4 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup milk

Follow directions as above.