Ginger Nuts without Eggs

Ingredients

• 8 ounces butter — 1 cup
• 8 ounces of sugar — 1 cup
• 8 ounces of molasses — small teacup
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• Flour to make soft dough

Method

1. 1

   Warm the butter, sugar, and molasses together and mix well.

2. 2

   Add ginger, powder, and flour when nearly cold.

3. 3

   Roll into thin rolls and cut into cherry-sized pieces.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 118. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 teaspoons baking powder, 6 c'lps flour — 1^ pounds. Mix up in the usual way for cookies. Sift sugar over before cutting out the cakes. These will keen for years. 418— Brown Ginger Cookies, Good Common. 8 ounces black molasses — a small tea- cup 4 eggs. 2 ounces ground ginger—2 tablespoons. Half cup milk or water. 4 teaspoons baking powder. 2 pounds flour, or enough to make soft dough. Mix the ingredients in the order they are printed. Roll out and cut with a small cutter. 8 ounces butter — 1 cup. 8 ounces sugar — 1 cup. ^19— Ginger Nuts without Eggs. 8 ounces butter — 1 cup. 8 ounces of sugar — 1 cup. 8 ounces of molasses — small teacap. 2 teaspoons ground ginger. 2 teaspoons l)aking powder. Flour to make soft dough

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