Ginger Cookies

ginger cookies

  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 2 tablespoons crisco (shortening)
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger

Mix crisco, salt, ginger, and molasses with a little flour; add the soda dissolved in water, and the rest of the flour, then work all together. Roll out 1/4 inch thick, and cut with a plain cutter. Bake on greased pans about one inch apart in an oven at a temperature of 375F.

Hamilton Ross Modern Cook Book, 1940, Chicago, Ill

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