Ginger Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup of molasses
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 1/2 cups of butter
• 1 tablespoon of soda
• flour enough to make a pretty stiff batter
• Cinnamon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg, to taste

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients to make a stiff batter, roll thin, and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Burlington ladies cook book & 25 secrets of success (1901), page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Ginger Ccokits 69 I cup ot molasses, 1 cnpof sugar, t 1-2 cups cf but- ter, 1 tfibkspccn cf scc'a, c!irrclvcd in 1-2 cup cf Ixt water. Cinnamon, clcves, ginger and nuinieg, to taste flour enough to make a pretty stiff tatter, and roll real ihin. Miss [^irdie M- Coi^^-'-ai^ 516 Cur ran Sir. Parker iHcuse Rcl's Scald I pint of sweet n.i:k;\\len cccl, ac'd 2 talk- spoonsful of sugar, 2 of lard, 2 of ^^cast, and a little salt, let rise over night, knead down in the morning; let rise again, and at uoon, knead and rcll cut tlin, cut with a la-ge cutter, butter the t<3p, fold ever, let rise again and take. Mrs. S- S^^l^^ng 81 5 Washington Str. Co: fee Cake I X cups of sugar, i cup ot mclasses, i cup of cold coffee, 3^ cup of butter, 4 eggs, well Lcaten, i cup of raisins cut fine, i cup of currants, i Yz teaspoons of B. powder, I teaspoon cfcloVv-^s, i tablespoon of cinnamon, 4 zw^-y 3f fio-i:. Mrs. Gus Bree 191 3 Miller :i^t/. L-Uion Icing Whites of 2 eggs, i cup of sugar, juios aid a part of the rind of 2 lemons. Miss Lfizzia p(i'-<^?P l20D Plank Str, 70 Mauds Cake 2 teaspooiisful of B. Powder, in 2 cups of flour, i cup of sugar, y^ cup of butter, 2 eggs, V^ pint of milk. Cake Filling- Vs pint of milk, i ounce of chocolate filling, I ounce of sugar. Miss TiHie Hetz 611 S. 9 th. Str. Brides CaKe Whites of 10 ^<yg:^^ I cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 1 cup of milk, one cup of cornstarch, 2 cups of flour, one teaspoon of vanilla, 2 >^ teaspoons of B. Powder. Beat the sugar and butter to a cream. Miss Qeorgie Page Wells Str. Lcmcn Cake 1 cup of sugar, 2 eggs, butter size of an ^%%. i cup of milk, 1 ttatpoonful of lemcn e^v^ence, pinch of j:alt. 2 teaspoonsful of B. Powder, and flour to make stiff, bake in three jelly tin^. Filling; — Rind of one lem- on and juice of 2; powdered sugar to thicken, and beat together w^ell, spread between layers when they are cool. Mrs. H- Gantz. 826 Washington. Str. Light Cake 1 cup of sugar, Yi cup of butter or lard, i cup of r.iilK or water, iVi teaspoon of B. Powder, 2 eggs, i>^ cuoi Oi flour, and bake in layers. Mrs. J. Grupe 1 3 19 Brick Str. Veal Breast Filling 71 5 slices cf bread, 2 of onions, 2 or3eg-^s, salt and pep- per, 3 potatoes sliced fine, mix together and fill the veal breast. Mrs. J. Qi'^iP^ 13T9 Brick Str. Len:r.n Jelly Dissolve 3/}^ package of gelatine, in ^4 cu^d of water, pour into same when all dissolved, a quart cf boiling water; adding i cup of lemon juice, and 2 cups of sug- ar. Stir until sugar and gelatine, are fully dissolved; then strain and pour into a mould, placing into a refrig- erater, xmtil firmly set. Serve with whipped cream. Mrs {_,. WesterbecK Snow Cake 1-2 teacup of butter, 1 teacup of sugar, 1)4 tca.up of ilour, >2 teacup of sweet milx. whites of 4 eggs Lcct- cntoa stiff froth, I teaspoon of B. Powder. Flavo/ \v:ch vanilla. Mrs. [_, fester beck loii Grricn d". Chocolate Cai'amels 2 cups of brown sugar, i cup of molasses, i cup of chocolate grated fine, i cup of boiled milK, 1 table - spoonful of flour, butter the size of a large english wal- nut; let ii boil slowly, and when done pour on flit t'ns to cool, marK off while wa^m. y.i.'S |-' at lie q'( 1 i:rcn 1909 Dewcin Ttr. 72 Marble Cake Dark part. — i big cupful of brown ^ugar, 1-2 cup- ful of molasses, 1 cup of flour, 3 yolks of eggs, 1-2 pound of raisins, 1-2 cup cf whisky, 1-2 teaspoon each of cloves, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and i teaspoon of B. Powder. How to mix darx part; — Cream the sugar and butter, add the eggs, and beat well, then add fruit and spice, and last flour, with i teaspoon of B. Powde", s'fted in it, White part; — i cup of white sugar, 3^ cup of butter, ^A cup of sweet milk, i cup of flou-, 2 t;a?.poon3 cf B. Pcwder, >^ pound of almonds, 34 pourd of citicn, (chopped). How to mix white pait; — Cream sugar, and butter, add the niilx, silted flour, and B. Powder, almonds, and citron and last; beaten \vhitcs of e^gs. Select a deep baKiiig tin, the lottcni with t uttered paper, put in a layer ef dark; then a layer cf \^hite; until the pan is -/z full. Bake i hcr.r cr so. — Frcst it. Miss ftnnie B^^<^- 705 S. Central Ave. Frait Ca'ce 1 pounel of butter, 1 pound of sugar, 1 pound of raisins, i pound cf currants, y2 pounel of citron, 12 eggs, I glass of brandy, 1 glass of wine. Spi?eto taste 5 teaspoons of B. Powder, add flour, and 1 aKe for 2 Lours, ii a '^low oven. Mrs. L- Ko^pf. 835 Columbia Str. Spice Cake 73 1/2 cups of sr.rar, 1-2 cup cf butter I-2 cup cf milk, 3 eg£-s, I i:ulr.:cg, 1 tccspccn cf cinnamcn, 1 teaspccn of cloves, 2 cu[:ccf chopped laisins, mix rather stiff. Mies Lertl-a Larder. iCc5 Thr.l Str. Sponge Cal c 5 eggs. 1 cup o: sugar, i cup of flcur, }i tea.pccn of r. Pc^vder, yolks beaten light with i cup of sugar, xvhites beacen very stiff, and added with the flcur, ar.d fJavo. ed to suit the taste, bake slcwly. Mrs. Earbara Kuthler 6I4 S TO th. Str. Dolly Varden CaKe 1 cup of sugar, >^ cup of butter, fi cup of milK, 3 cups of flour, whites of 3 eggs, i teaspccixof E Powcer, 1 teaspccn of lemon, maKe a frosting of the yolks, and set a few minutes in oven. Mrs. Ga""i^ S.imms ,\\:\ Adams Str Blackberry CaKe IV2 cup^ of sugar, i>^ cups of butter, 2>4 eups cf sifted flour, I cup of blackberry jam. 3 ^rg^. ^ tca- spooniul of cloves, i tcaspecnful cf cinnamxn, i tca- snccnful of nutm.cg, 3 tablcspccns ci scur m.-k, i Ica- G'occ:: cf ccda. l^.Irs. John Fisch 415 S Adams Str. -! Marmalade TaKe 12 ora:igec,ai]H 4 lemcns. Cut in quarters, take out the pulDb, put in a basin, pick cut the S£cds and skins; then boil skins in a good quantity of water, until tender. Dra:n and cut them in thin slices, and put them to the pulp; add to every puund, i j/2 pcu.nds of sugar; boil them together 20 minutes; must be stirred all the time, but gently, and put in glasses. ' Miss y{a.iiQ f/ asters. 607 Harrison Ave. Maud S Cake 8 tablespoonsful of grated chocolate 5 ta' l^spocns- ful of granulated sugar, ^2 cup of milK. Loil to a cus- tard, and let cocl. : i}4 cups of brown sugar, 2 cups of butter,

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.