625 Choice Recipes from the
Ladies of the Second Congregational Church of Holyoke



Cookie Bible


GINGER SNAPS (WITHOUT SHORTENING.)

Bring to a scald, one cup of molasses, and stir in one tablespoonful of soda; pour it while foaming over one clip of sugar; one egg; one tablespoonful of ginger, beaten together; then add one tablespoonful of vinegar; flour enough to make the dough quite hard. — Mrs. Mary Kagwin.

GINGER SNAPS.

Bring to a scald one cup of molasses, and stir in one teaspoonful of soda, pour in while foaming over one cup of sugar; one egg; one tablespoonful of ginger, beaten together; then add one tablespoonful of vinegar; flour enough to roll; stirred in as lightly as possible. — Mrs. Charles A. Sanborn.

One cup of sugar; one cup of molasses; three-quarters cup of shortening, mostly lard; one-half cup of' boiling water; one-half tablespoonful of ginger; one teaspoonful of soda; mix stiff, and roll thin. — Mrs. Murlless.

One cup of boiled molasses; one cup of sugar; one cup of melted butter; two-thirds cup of warm water; one large teaspoonful of soda; one teaspoonful of ginger; pinch of salt; flour to mix quite hard; let stand over night; roll very thin, and bake in a quick oven. — Mrs. H. H. Gridley.

SOFT GINGER CAKES.

One cup of boiling water; a large half cup of butter or lard; one tablespoonful of soda and a piece of alum size of a nutmeg; let stand till cold; then add one cup of molasses; one cup of sugar; one tea-spoonful of ginger; flour to roll; cut in cakes and bake in a quick oven; these should be a half-inch thick when done. — Mrs. H. H. Gridley.

GINGER COOKIES.

One and one-half cups of molasses; nearly a cup of lard; one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little boiling water; heaping tea-spoonful of ginger; one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon; just flour enough to roll out; let the molasses come nearly to a boil; then stir in lard until melted; and then add the remainder of the ingredients. — Marie G. Jones.

One cup of sugar; one cup of butter; one cup of molasses; one-half cup of boiling water; one teaspoonful of soda; ginger; flour to roll out. — Mrs. W. W. Ward.

Two cups of sugar; two cups of molasses; one cup of shortening; one cup of milk; one tablespoonful of soda; one tablespoonful of ginger; flour enough to roll. — Mrs. J. E. Kellogg.




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