Ginger Cookies with Coffee

Ingredients

• One cupful of molasses
• One cupful of strong coffee
• One cupful of brown sugar
• One-half cupful of lard
• One-half cupful of butter
• One table-spoonful of ginger
• One tea-spoonful of cinnamon
• One tea-spoonful of soda
• Three tea-spoonfuls of cold water
• Flour to thicken

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter and lard well together.

2. 2

   Dissolve the soda in the water, and stir it into the molasses, which add to the butter and lard.

3. 3

   Add the spice and coffee and sufficient flour to make a soft dough; roll the dough three-quarters of an inch thick, cut the cakes out, and bake them fifteen minutes in a rather quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 223. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GINGER COOKIES WITH COFFEE. One cupful of molasses. One cupful of strong coffee. One cupful of brown sugar. One-half cupful of lard. One-half cupful of butter. One table-spoonful of ginger. One tea-spoonful of cinnamon. One tea-spoonful of soda. Three tea-spoonfuls of cold water. Flour to thicken

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