Ginger Snaps

Ingredients

• 1 cup of butter and lard
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup of molasses
• % cup of sour milk
• 2 tsps. of baking soda
• 1 tbsp. of ginger
• 1 tbsp. of cinnamon
• 1 tsp. of cloves
• Flour enough to make a stiff dough

Method

1. 1

   Butter, lard, sugar and eggs are stirred well; baking soda dissolved in the sour milk, coffee, ginger, cinnamon, cloves added and flour to make a stiff dough.

2. 2

   Roll it out, cut out the cookies with a tumbler and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of German cooking and baking (1922) by Lina Wachtelborn Meier, page 157. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Flour enough to make a stiff dough 1 tsp. of baking soda 3 tsps. of boiling water Preparation: Butter, lard, eggs and sugar are stirred well. The soda is dissolved in the hot water and added, then salt and not too much flour. The dough should be rather soft; roll it out, cut out cookies, sprinkle with sugar and bake to a golden yellow color. No. 39— RAISIN CAKE. 1 cup of butter • 1 V2 cups of chopped English 3 eggs walnuts 1 % cups of sugar 1 tsp. of cinnamon 1% cups of finely chopped 1 tsp. oi baking soda raisins % cup of hot water 6 tbsps. of strong coffee 3 cups of flour Preparation : The butter, eggs and sugar are stirred well, raisins, walnuts, coffee, cinnamon, soda dissolved in the hot —330— water and flour mixed in. The pans are buttered well and the dough put on in teaspoonfuls, flattened a little and baked slowly. No. 40^GINGER SNAPS. 1 cup of butter and lard 1 tbsp. of ginger 1 cup of brown sugar 1 tbsp. of cinnamon 3 eggs 1 tsp. of cloves 1 cup of molasses Flour enough to make a stiff % cup of sour milk dough. 2 tsps. of baking soda

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