Ginger Snaps

Ingredients

• One pint X. O molasses
• one-half pint sugar
• one-half pint lard and butter mixed
• one teaspoon ginger
• cloves
• and cinnamon
• one teaspoon soda
• a little sprinkle of salt and pepper
• flour to make a stiff dough

Method

1. 1

   Boil molasses, then add sugar, lard, and butter.

2. 2

   Mix in spices and soda dissolved in boiling water, then add flour to form a stiff dough.

3. 3

   Roll thin.

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 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

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