Ginger Nuts

Ingredients

• Half lb. butter
• % lb. sugar
• 1 pint molasses
• 2 oz. ginger
• 2 tablespoonfuls cinnamon
• as much flour as will form a dough
• 3^ oz. ground cloves and allspice mixed

Method

1. 1

   Stir the butter and sugar together; add the spice, ginger, molasses, and flour enough to form a dough.

2. 2

   Knead it well, make it out in small cakes, and bake them on tins in a very moderate oven.

3. 3

   Wash them over with molasses and water before baking.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The white ribbon cook book (1894) by Kathryn Armstrong, page 79. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Ginger Nuts — Half lb. butter, % lb. sugar, 1 pint molasses, 2 oz. ginger, 2 tablespoonfuls cin- namon, as much flour as will form a dough, 3^ oz. ground cloves and allspice mixed

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