Ginger Cookies
From Purity flour cookbook, 1917
Presented as published in 1917. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Purity flour cookbook (1917) by E. Warner, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
1 cup butter. } pound almonds, dried and split. 4 eggs. Purity Flour enough to roll out. A;i £^^l"^ S^^ ^'^^^^ °^ ^^^•^' '''^**^^ ^^^ ^^^'^^ *^^^ ^^^y ligh^' beat the whites of eggs to a stiff froth add Furittj Flour, nuts and whites of eggs last; cut in narrow strips and bake. Nut takes require a slow OATMEAL COOKIES (8ee Cereals.) DATE CAKES (^00 PpTcals.) Page F o r t y - t w o PURITY FUOUR More Bread and Better Bread HONEY DROP CAKES J cup honey. i cup butter. * teaspoon cinnamon. i teaspoon cloves. 1 eg^ 1 cup raisins, cut in small pieces. Purity Flour (about li cups). i teaspoon soda. i tablespoon water. Heat the honey and butter until the butter melts. While the mixture is warm add the spices. When •+ •■ i7a?S nn^t of the Pwiiw Flour the ego- well beaten, the soda dissolved in the water, and the rUins Idd e'n'ough 'AnV^L. to mL: a°dough that will hold its shape. Drop by spoonfuls on a buttered tin and bake in a moderate oven. ROCK COOKIES, No. 1 4 cups Purity Flour. 1 cup butter. 1 cup sugar. A- teaspoon soda. i teaspoon cream of tartar. 1 Clip chopped dates. 1 cup cocoauut. 1 cup chopped walnuts. 3 eggs. Flavoring. M\x sucrar butter and Purllti Flour (in which soda and cream of tartar have been sifted). Add the dates cocoalut and walnuts, and the well-beaten eggs, in which has been dropped a little lemon or vanilla. Drop from a teaspoon on a buttered pan, and bake m a moderate oven until brown. Use method above. ROCK COOKIES, No. 2 1 cup sugar, g cup Imtter. 2 cups Fiiritu Flour. ?, eggs. 1 teaspoon soda. 1 \ flips walnuts. \i cups vnisiiis. 1 tonspooii cloves. 1 teaspoon ciniianion. GINGER SNAPS 1 cup molasses. 1 teaspoon soda. i cup sugar. 1 teaspoon salt. i cup butter or lard, i tablespoon ginger. Purity Flour to roll very thin. Mix molasses suc^ar. dinger and butter, stir over the fire until the butter is melted then stir m quicklj 3 cup« of PtfrS'/F/o^-. in which the soda has been sifted. Knead the dough until it becomes smootn and chill thoroughly. Roll as thin as possible, and bake m a quick oven. Page Forty-three PURITy FUOUR More Bread and Better Bread GINGER COOKIES 1 cup molasses. 2 tablespoons milk or water. 1 tablespoon ginger. i cup butter. 1 teaspoon soda. Purity Flour to mix soft as can be handled on the board
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