Ginger Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup of butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoonful of vinegar
• 1 tablespoonful of ginger
• 1 teaspoonful of soda

Method

1. 1

   Mix ingredients to form a soft cookie dough.

2. 2

   Bake as cookies.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Burlington ladies cook book & 25 secrets of success (1901), page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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