Ginger Snaps. Recipe No. 2.
Reading edition
Take: Butter, 1 cupful; sugar, 1 cupful; molasses, 1 cupful; water, ½ cupful; ground ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, 1 tablespoonful each; soda, 1 teaspoonful; flour.
Mix a cupful of butter with one heaping cupful of sugar, one cupful of molasses, half a cupful of cold water, one tablespoonful each ground ginger and cinnamon, one teaspoonful of cloves, one of soda dissolved in hot water, and enough flour to make a pretty stiff dough. Roll out thin, and bake at once.
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