My Great-Grandmother’s Recipe for Molasses Cookies - Grit

Ingredients

• 4 cups organic, non-GMO flour
• 1/2 teaspoon real salt – this means kosher or sea salt (I use this one)
• 2 teaspoons natural baking soda
• 4 1/2 teaspoons organic cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground organic ginger
• 1/2 cup lard (organic) or coconut oil, melted (I use this coconut oil)
• 1/4 cup organic butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups non-GMO, organic molasses
• 5 tablespoons hot water
• Organic, non-GMO sugar for sprinkling tops of cookies