An Afternoon Break

and a plate of cookies.

Raisin Molasses Cookies

recipe supplied by Bob S.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup shortening(use a combination of softened butter and margarine)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup (Brer Rabbit) molasses
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp. ginger
• 1/2 tsp.salt
• 1 cup raisins

Directions:

• Cream shortening and sugar. Add molasses and egg. Beat well
• Sift flour, salt, baking soda,cinnamon, cloves and ginger
• Mix dry ingredients with molasses mixture
• Add in raisins and chill for several hours
• Form into small balls and roll in sugar
• Place on a cookie sheet and bake @375 8-10 minutes

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Some book titles to add to your reading list
Eiffel's Tower by Jill Jonnes

With a recommendation like this from one reader Eiffel's Tower was put on my library request list. Fortunately, my wait was short to get the book. The history behind the iconic construction of the Eiffel Tower including the events and important people helped clarify this historical event in time. The book was detailed and quite informative. 
Here is what one reader said concerning the book...
It is one of the best books I've ever read.  Of course, every subject written about in the book interested me.  It's mostly about Gustave Eiffel and his tower which was built for the 1889 Paris Universal Exhibition, but it incorporates others things going on at that point in time and tying in with the Exhibition. There is  lots of information about Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show (which I've always been interested in so I learned great things about that). Also included was discussion about artists of that time frame including Van Gogh and his brother, Gauguin, and their contemporaries,the Herald newspaper of the time with branches in Paris and New York, Paris' relationship with America/England/other European countries, Thomas Edison and his new phonograph invention, etc.It was quite fascinating and covered a lot of territory.

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