Soft Ginger Snaps

Ingredients

• 4 eggs (beaten separately)
• 1 tablespoonful ginger
• 4 teacupfuls flour
• 1 teaspoonful soda
• 1 teacupful butter
• 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• 1 teacupful sugar
• 1 teacupful molasses

Method

1. 1

   Beat the eggs separately, stir soda into the molasses, or use baking powder sifted into flour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Annie Dennis cook book (1905) by Annie E. Dennis, page 135. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

g teaspoonful baking powder, to one quart of flour is a measure). Beat the eggs and sugar very light; add warmed butter and lard, milk and nutmeg, and pour into the flour, with which the baking powder has been sifted. Knead into a soft, smooth dough. Tea Cakes 3 eggs 4 heaping pints flour 2 teacupfuls sugar A pinch of salt 1 teacupful butter or butter and lard mixed One teaspoonful (level) of soda, dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of sour milk. Flavor with nutmeg. Make a soft dough. Chocolate Cakes With Almonds 3 eggs (whites) 2 oz. almonds (blanched 2 ounces grated chocolate and pounded) 1 oz. pulverized sugar A little powdered cinnamon Whip the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, then stir in lightly the chocolate, the almonds, the sugar and cinnamon. Drop the mixture in small cone shaped heaps on a buttered tin or thick sheet of paper, and bake in a moderate oven. 262 THE NEW ANNIE DENNIS COOK BOOK Old Fashioned Ginger Bread 2-3 teacupful butter 2 eggs 2-3 teacupful sugar 1 tablespoonful ginger 2-3 teacupful molasses 1 good teaspoonful soda ia 2-3 teacupful sour milk V2 teacupful cold water 1 teacupful chopped raisins (if liked) 3 cupfuls flour Stir in the soda last ; a slow fire and close watching secures a good cake. Ginger Snaps 1 cupful sugar 1 teaspoonful of soda in 2 cupfuls molasses Vz cupful water 2 cupfuls butter 1 heaping tablespoonful Flour to make stiff dough ginger Roll the dough, cut and bake in a quick oven. Soft Ginger Snaps 4 eggs (beaten separately) 1 tablespoonful ginger 4 teacupfuls flour 1 teaspoonful soda 1 teacupful butter 2 teaspoonfuls baking 1 teacupful sugar powder 1 teacupful molasses

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