Ginger Cookies No. 1

Ingredients

• Two cups sugar
• one cup molasses
• one cup lard
• two eggs
• one-half cup cold water
• one teaspoon ginger
• three teaspoons soda
• one teaspoon each of cloves
• and cinnamon

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients together and bake.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pennsylvania German cook book (1902) by Keller, J. A. Mrs, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GINGER COOKIES NO. 1. Two cups sugar, one cup molasses, one cup lard, two egg.s, one-half cup cold water, one tea.sp(M)n ginger, three tea- spdons soda, one teasi)oon each of cloves and cinnamon. Mr.s. Dr. Bauer. THE PENNSYLVANIA HERMAN COOK ROOK. 18 GINGER COOKIES NO. 2. One pint molasses, one enp sugar, one cup lard, one cup sour milk, four tea¬ spoons soda, ginger to taste, heat mo- Insses, lard and sugar, then put in milk when partly cool, stir in flour, let stand over night, roll out next morning and hake. Mrs H.Oeotz, llartville. GINGER SNAPS. One pint X. O molasses, let come to a boil, then add one-half pint sugar, one- half pint lard and butter mixed, one tea¬ spoon ginger, cloves and cinnamon, one teaspoon soda dissolved in a large spoon¬ ful boiling water, add a little sprinkle of salt and pepper, flour to make a stiff dough, roll thin. .Mrs. F. Strassner, Canhm, O. DROP CAKES. Three eggs, one cup lard, one cup mo¬ lasses, one cup brown sugar, one table¬ spoon ginger, one tablespoon soda, one teacup boiling water, disvsolve soda in tlie water, five cups unsifted flour, mix well, drop in spoonfuls into a slightly greased pan, ahont three inches apart. .Mrs. M. Keam. DOUGHNUTS. OAT MEAL CRACKERS. Two cups brown sugar, two cups oat meal, one-half cup butter, one half cuj) hot water, scant teaspoon soda in part of the hot water, flour to make them very stiff, roll very thin. DOUGHNUTS NO. 1. One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cnp lard, one and one-half cups milk, three eggs, four teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon salt, one nutmeg, flour enough to mix, drop in hot lard. Mrs. M. Ream. CREAM DOUGHNUTS. Heat two eggs

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