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Ginger Snaps

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Put molasses, sugar and ginger together, rub pearlash fine and stir into them.
  2. When it foams, add water and lard, then flour enough for a stiff dough.
  3. Knead well, roll into thin sheets and bake in moderate oven.

Other Information

Author: Person. A M Harris Contributor: Person.Isabel Harris Metcalf

Source: Just A Few Tried and True Receipts (1916-01-01)

Category: Dessert

Measure: avoirdupois

Ingredient: molass, sugar, butter, water, baking soda, ginger, salt

Equipment: oven, measuring spoons, measuring cups, rolling pin

See Also

Southern Gingerbread

by: Dorothy Sebastian • Photoplay Magazine, Carolyn van Wyck • Photoplay's Cook Book (1927-01-01)

Dessert • avoirdupois • molass, cinnamon, sugar, water, butter, flour, ginger, salt, soda • measuring cups, measuring spoons, oven, egg beater, sifter

Gingersnaps

by: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company • Metropolitan Cookbook (1964-02-01)

Dessert • avoirdupois • flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, shortening, sugar, egg, molass • oven, egg beater, measuring spoons, measuring cups, sifter, baking sheet

Grandmother’s Molasses Cake

by: Yorkraft Inc • Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking (1960-01-01)

Dessert • avoirdupois • shortening, flour, sugar, molass, ginger, clove, salt, cinnamon, egg, sour milk, currant, baking soda • measuring cups, measuring spoons, oven, baking mold

Shoo-Fly Pie

by: Yorkraft Inc • Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking (1960-01-01)

Dessert • avoirdupois • brown sugar, shortening, flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, molass, ginger, cinnamon, clove, water • measuring cups, measuring spoons, oven, pie pan

Crumb Cookies

by: M Faith McAuley, Mary Adele Wood • Quantity Recipes for Quality Foods (1939-01-01)

Dessert • avoirdupois • shortening, sugar, flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, clove, bread crumb, molass, evaporated milk • rolling pin, baking sheet, oven, measuring spoons, measuring cups, egg beater, sifter, board