California Squares

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup sour milk
• 1 teaspoon soda (dissolved in the milk)
• 1/2 cup English currants or seedless raisins
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. 1Mix in order given and drop by teaspoonfuls on greased baking sheet. Or spread in a very thin sheet and bake in a hot oven, cutting in squares before it cools, in the cooking for 8 minutes at 400 degrees.