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Ginger Cookies

From The New century cook book, 1899

Serves 24

Presented as published in 1899. 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 The New century cook book (1899), page 99. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Ginger Cookies. One cup sugar, one cup molasses, three-quarters cup but- ter, two teaspoons soda, dissolved in three tablespoons hot water, one-half tablespoon ginger, one-half tablespoon cinnamon. Mix very soft; bake in quick oven. Mrs. W. Everett. New Century Cook Book. 195 Ginger Cookies. One cup of sugar, one cup of molasses, one cup of lard, three eggs, one tablespoon of soda, one tablespoon of ginger, one tablespoon of vinegar, two tablespoons of water. Mrs. I. J. Hanmer. Cookies Without Eggs. Two cups sugar, one cup butter, one cup sweet milk, one even teaspoonful soda. Mrs. A. W. Martin. Sugar Cookies. One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, three tablespoonfuls milk, one egg, one cup flour, one teaspoonful baking powder, sifted twice with the flour. Rub butter and sugar to a cream, work in the beaten egg, milk and flour, roll out thin and cut into cakes. Bake crisp. Ginger Cookies. One cup molasses, one cup sugar, one cup butter (heaping), three eggs beaten very light, one tablespoon vinegar, one table- spoon ginger, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one teaspoonful cloves, one heaping teaspoon soda, one-half grated nutmeg. Beat all of the ingredients until very light; enough flour to make a soft dough. Roll out and bake in a quick oven. S. M. Slocum. Ginger Cookies. One cup sugar, one cup molasses, one cup butter or lard, one egg, one-half cup boiling water, one teaspoon soda dis- solved in water, one teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon ginger, one teaspoon salt, flour enough to make a stiff dough. Mrs. H. A. Williams. Ginger Cookies. Rub one scant sup of shortening into four cups of flour, one and one-half cups brown sugar, one and one-half cups molasses, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, little salt, two eggs, one teaspoon ginger, two teaspoons cinnamon. Mrs. H. L. Rankin. Ginger Cookies. One teacup sugar, a large half cup butter, one egg, two cups molasses, one small dessert spoon of soda dissolved in 196 New Century Cook Book. three-fourths of a cup of hot water, two spoons ginger. Mix hard enough to roll. Drop Ginger Cookies. One cup sugar, one-half cup lard, one-half cup molasses, one-half cup hot water, dessert spoon ginger, teaspoon cinna- mon, teaspoon soda, flour to drop thick from spoon. Mrs. Anna Hibbard. Ginger Cookies. Two eggs, one cup sugar, one cup butter or drippings, one even spoon soda, one heaping spoon ginger, one cup molasses. Flour enough to roll as soft as possible. Mrs. Willard H. Thayer. Ginger Cookies. Two cups of sugar, two cups of molasses, New Orleans, one and one-half cups of lard or butter, two teaspoons of ginger, two eggs, two teaspoons of soda, one and three-fourths sour milk, do not mix too stiff. Ginger Cookies. One cup molasses, one cup sugar, one cup lard, one egg, one half cup sour milk
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