Spice Cookies

½ cup molasses

¼ cup sugar

1½ tablespoons butter

1½ tablespoons lard

1 tablespoon milk

2 cups flour

½ teaspoon soda

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon clove

½ teaspoon cinnamon

½ 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.