DROP CAKES, No. 1

Ingredients

• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup sour cream
• 0.5 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup currants rolled in 3 heaping cups of sifted flour

Method

1. 1

   Drop in spoonfuls on a buttered pan and bake quickly.

2. 2

   Wet the spoon in cold water to prevent sticking.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Machias Cook Book (1899) by [name missing], page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

teaspoon soda, cloves, cinnamon, allspice. Mrs. Walter Hill. GINGER SNAPS, No. i. I cup sugar, r cup molasses, i cup butter (scant), ^ cup boil- ing water, i teaspoonful soda (large), i teaspoonful ginger, i egg. Mrs. J. U. Chandler. GINGER SNAPS, No. 2. Boil a teacup of molasses and add 2 tablespoonfuls of butter, i of ginger and i tablespoonful of soda, stir the flour in when it is hot, roll it thin, cut in rounds and bake in a quick oven. GINGER SNAPS, No. 3. I cup molasses, i cup sugar, i tablespoonful ginger, 6 table- spoonfuls butter, 4 tablespoonfuls water, 2 tablespoonfuls cinna- mon, I tablespoonful soda, i teaspoonful salt, flour to mix hard ; roll thin ; bake in hot oven. I COOKIIS. 33 GINGER SNAPS, No. 4. I cup molasses, i cup brown sugar, ^ cup butter, ^ cup lard, 2 eggs, I tablespoonful soda, 2 teaspoonfuls vinegar, heaping tea- spoonful ginger, fiour, roll soft. Mks McCabe. PLUM SNAPS, No. 5. I j/^ cupfuls sugar, i cupful butter, worked to a cream, 3 eggs, I cup molasses, i teaspoon soda, dissolved, i cupful chopped raisins, i cupful currants, spice and fiour to roll. Very nice ; will keep for weeks. GINGER COOKIES, No. i. J/i cup sugar, j4 cup butter, i egg, i }4 cups molasses, i table- spoonful ginger, i teaspoonful cinnamon, salt, 2 teaspoonfuls soda, I cup sour cream, mix soft. Mrs. H. M. Kelly. GINGER COOKIES, No. 2. I cup butter,. I cup molasses, i cup sour cream, i^ cups sugar^ I teaspoonful ginger, i tablespoonful soda. Mix soft ; roll thin. GLOBE SNAPS. ^ cup shortening, J4 lard, j4 butter, % cup sugar, J4 cup molasses. Put on stove and as it comes to a boil, remove, when cool add i teaspoonful soda, dissolved in a little water ; i teaspoonful ginger in flour, small tablespoonful vinegar. Fiour to roll thin. WILKINS SNAPS. I cup molasses, i cup sugar, i cup butter, 2 eggs, 1 small table- spoonful soda, 2 teaspoonfuls ginger, i tablespoonful vinegar. Flour enough to roll thin. THICK COOKIES. I cup molasses, j4 cup shortening, 5 large teaspoonfuls water^ 2 teaspoonfuls soda, salt and all kinds of spice. 34 MACHUS COOK BOOK. * BOSTON GINGER COOKIES 2 cops suf(dr, 3 egg8» i cup butter, i cup mblaisct, i tablespoon- in) soda, 1 tablespoonful ginger, }4 cup cold water. Hattib Gardner. ROLLED OAT COOKIES. 2 cups of molasses, i scant cup of lard, }i cup boiling water, poured on 2 heaping teaspoons of soda. Thicken with half flour and half rolled oats (dry) ; a little salt, ginger and nutmeg. Amanda McDonald. DROP CAKES, No. i. I. cup molasses, i cup sour cream, }i cup sugar, i egg, i tea- spoon soda, I teaspoon ginger, i teaspoon cinnamon, i cup currants rolled in 3 heaping cups of sifted flour

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