Ginger Snaps, Vo. 1

Ingredients

• One pound of flour
• half a pound of brown sugar
• a quarter of a pound of butter and lard mixed
• half a pint of molasses
• a tablespoon even ^11 of ginger
• a teaspoonful of cloves
• the same of cinnamon
• and allspice
• a little grated orange-peel
• and flour enough to roll it out with

Method

1. 1

   Melt the butter and lard, and stir it into the molasses, add the sugar, spices, and then the flour; roll out as thin as possible and bake in a quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The economical cook book (1905) by Sara T. Paul, page 123. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

One pound of flour, half a pound of brown sugar, a quarter of a pound of butter and lard mixed, half a pint of molasses, a tablespoon even ^11 of ginger, a teaspoonful of cloves, the same of cinnamon and allspice, a little grated orange-peel and flour enough to roll it out with. Melt the butter and lard, and stir 264 COOKERY FROM EXPERIENCE. it into the molasses, add the sugar, spioes, and then the floor ^ roll oat as thin as possible and bake in a quiok oven. * Ginger Snaps, Vo. 3. One and three-qnarter ponods of flour, half a pound of butter, a quarter of a pound of sugar, a pint of molasses, one tablespoon ful of ginger, one and a half of oinnamon, the same of cloves. Rub the butter in the flour, add the sugar, spices, and last the molasses. Roll out very thin and bake in a hot oven. Ginger Snaps, Ho. 3. One pint of molasses, one coffeecnp of sugar, one of butter, a tablespoonful of saleratus, and a tablespoonful of ginger ; beat all well together, and add flour enough to roll out Roll Toy thin and bake on tins in a very hot oven. * Ginger Snaps, Ho. 4. A coffeeoup of molasses, one of sugar and one of butter^ three tablespoons of ginger and one of oinnamon ; boil the molasses, spices and sugar together, cool with the butter, add a teacup of sour milk and a teaspoonful of soda in a spoonful of hot water, flour enough to make a stiff dough ; roll out very thin, and bake quickly. * Ginger Snaps, Ho. 5. One pint of molasses, one cup of butter, a teaspoonful of ginger, one of cloves, one of soda ; put all over the flre together, let it come to a boil ) have a large vessel or it will foam over. When nearly cool, add flour enough to make a dough, roll out, and cut in small cakes. Very fine recipe. * Gingerbread Huts, Ho. 1. One and a half pounds of flour, three-quarters of a pound of sugar, and the same of butter, one ounce of ginger, the same of doves, cinnamon and allspice

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