Mary's Gingersnaps

Ingredients

• 2 cupfuls molasses
• 1 tablespoonful ginger
• 1 cupful shortening
• 2 eggs
• % cupful sour milk
• 1% teaspoonfuls soda
• flour to make a soft dough

Method

1. 1

   Mix the molasses and shortening together and heat until the fat is melted.

2. 2

   When cool, add the beaten egg, 1 cup of flour in which the ginger and soda have been sifted, and the sour milk.

3. 3

   Add enough flour to make a soft dough.

4. 4

   Roll thin, sprinkle with sugar, and cut.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The farm cook & rule book (1923) by Nell Beaubien Nichols, page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mary's Gingersnaps 2 cupfuls molasses 1 tablespoonful ginger 1 cupful shortening 2 eggs % cupful sour milk 1% teaspoonfuls soda flour to make a soft dough

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