PLUM SNAPS, No. 5
From Machias Cook Book, 1899
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This recipe was extracted from Machias Cook Book (1899) by [name missing], page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
teaspoon soda, cloves, cinnamon, allspice. Mrs. Walter Hill. GINGER SNAPS, No. i. I cup sugar, r cup molasses, i cup butter (scant), ^ cup boil- ing water, i teaspoonful soda (large), i teaspoonful ginger, i egg. Mrs. J. U. Chandler. GINGER SNAPS, No. 2. Boil a teacup of molasses and add 2 tablespoonfuls of butter, i of ginger and i tablespoonful of soda, stir the flour in when it is hot, roll it thin, cut in rounds and bake in a quick oven. GINGER SNAPS, No. 3. I cup molasses, i cup sugar, i tablespoonful ginger, 6 table- spoonfuls butter, 4 tablespoonfuls water, 2 tablespoonfuls cinna- mon, I tablespoonful soda, i teaspoonful salt, flour to mix hard ; roll thin ; bake in hot oven. I COOKIIS. 33 GINGER SNAPS, No. 4. I cup molasses, i cup brown sugar, ^ cup butter, ^ cup lard, 2 eggs, I tablespoonful soda, 2 teaspoonfuls vinegar, heaping tea- spoonful ginger, fiour, roll soft. Mks McCabe. PLUM SNAPS, No. 5. I j/^ cupfuls sugar, i cupful butter, worked to a cream, 3 eggs, I cup molasses, i teaspoon soda, dissolved, i cupful chopped raisins, i cupful currants, spice and fiour to roll. Very nice ; will keep for weeks. GINGER COOKIES, No. i. J/i cup sugar, j4 cup butter, i egg, i }4 cups molasses, i table- spoonful ginger, i teaspoonful cinnamon, salt, 2 teaspoonfuls soda, I cup sour cream, mix soft. Mrs. H. M. Kelly. GINGER COOKIES, No. 2. I cup butter,. I cup molasses,
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