Cream butter and sugar. Mix in egg; stir in molasses. Sift flour with dry ingredients and add to butter. Turn to floured board and roll 1/4" thick; cut in oblong 3"X4". Score cards with knife in 1/2" parallel lines. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake in slow (325 F) Florence Reeves Sykes, my mother's paternal grandmother) SOURCE: Mama's Favorite Recipes (Frances Turfitt) Shared by Nancy Coleman ----