Ginger Cookies

Ingredients

• two cupfuls of dark molasses
• one cupful of white sugar
• one cupful of melted lard and butter
• one cupful of hot water
• two eggs
• one heaping teaspoonful of soda
• one rounding teaspoonful of salt
• one rounding teaspoonful of ginger
• one rounding teaspoonful of cinnamon

Method

1. 1

   Beat together molasses, sugar, and shortening, then add eggs and flour for a thick batter.

2. 2

   Stir in salt and spices, then add hot water with dissolved soda and beat smooth.

3. 3

   Let stand as long as convenient, roll out, and use trimmings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 182. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GINGER COOKIES. (In print for the first time. ) Two cupfuls of dark molasses, one cupful of white sugar, one cupful of melted lard and butter, one cupful of hot water, two eggs, one heaping teaspoonful of soda, one rounding teaspoonful of salt, one rounding tea- spoonful of ginger and one rounding teaspoonful of cinnamon

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