For molasses cookies it is Crisco only for me. I have the best recipe handed down from my grandmother, but came off a bottle or Brer Rabbit molasses ( good luck finding that). I bake the cookie for about 8 minutes, take out of oven, very quickly put a small dab of jelly on each cookie then back In the oven for about 3 more minutes. My family likes grape jelly best but raspberry and strawberry are great too. This is a soft cookies that is rolled in sugar before baking. Believe me it is to die for even if you don't like molasses cookies.