Ginger Wafers

Ingredients

• One cup of butter
• two cups of pulverized sugar
• one cup of cold water
• four cups of flour
• ginger to taste

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter, add the sugar and ginger, then stir in the water and flour gradually and alternately.

2. 2

   Spread the mixture as thin as possible on a greased baking sheet, and bake in a moderate oven.

3. 3

   As soon as done, cut quickly, and while hot, into squares or diamonds, and roll, if desired.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of cookery (1899) by Emma P. Ewing, page 115. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Ginger Wafers. — One cup of butter, two cups of pul- verized sugar, one cup of cold water, four cups of flour, ginger to taste

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