Bran Cookies

Ingredients

 * ½ cup brown sugar, pressed down
 * ⅓ cup Crisco
 * 2 teaspoons molasses
 * ⅓ cup currants
 * ⅓ cup walnut meats, cut fine
 * 1 egg
 * ¾ cup sifted pastry flour, shaken down
 * ¾ cup bran
 * a few grains salt

Directions

 * 1) First rub the shortening to a cream.
 * 2) Add the sugar, molasses, and salt, and beat till it is light and creamy, then add the egg, and beat well.
 * 3) Stir in the flour, bran, nuts, and currants.
 * 4) Oil hands, and form the dough into balls with the hands.
 * 5) Lay the balls on an oiled pan, flatten them to a thickness of one-fourth inch, then bake them.