Ginger Drops

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• Flour till stiff enough to drop from the spoon

Method

1. 1

   Beat all well together, adding flour until stiff enough to drop from the spoon in drops the size of an egg.

2. 2

   Bake on tins in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 295. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

. 1 cup butter. 1 cup almonds, blanched. U cups sugar. Flour to roll and drop. 3 eggs. ANISE DROPS. 2 cups granulated sugar. 3 cups flour. 3 eggs. . 1 teaspoon anise seed. Beat the sugar and eggs well for i hour; then add the other ingredients; drop on buttered pans and bake in a moderate oven. The secret lies in beating rapidly and thoroughly. Each teaspoon is dropped separately so as to make separate cakes. SMALL CAKES 399 aiNGEK DKOPS. h cup butter. 2 eggs. 1 cup sugar. 2 teaspoons baking powder, i c'jp molasses. 1 teaspoon ground ginger. Beat all well together, adding flour tiil stiff enough to drop from the spoon in drops the size of an eg^. Bake on tins in a moderate oven. GINGEK DROPS No. 2. 1 cup brown sugar. 1 teaspoon soda. i cup molasses. 2 teaspoons ginger. 2 eggs, well beaten. Flour to roll out. 1 tablespoon vinegar. Flavor with lemon or va- nilla. Koll out thin, cut with a small cutter and bake in a quick oven. GINGEE NUTS {Without Eggs). i cup lard. 1 cup molasses. h cup brown sugar. 1 teaspoon soda. i cup sour milk or butter- 1 teaspoon ginger, milk. Mix very soft, form into round balls like nuts, and bake in a rather quick oven. COOKIES. i cup lard. 1 cup sour milk, i cup butter. 1 teaspoon soda. li cups white sugar. Flour sufficient to make dough. Season with caraway seed or nutmeg to suit the taste. Mix thoroughly; roll very thin; bake quickly. BOSTON TEA COOKIES. 1 teacup butter. ^ teaspoon soda. 3 teacups sugar. Spice to taste. h cup sour milk. Flour enough to roll out 3 eggs. rather stiff. 400 SMALL CAKES CINNAMON COOKIES. 1 cup butter, heaped. 3 eggs. 2 cups brown sugar, heaped. Flour to roll out; cut in small cakes, and sprinkle on cinnamon and sugar just before baking. COCOANUT COOKIES, i cup butter. i teaspoon soda in a little 1 cup sugar

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