Ginger Cookies.
1 cup of butter.
2 cups of sugar, creamed with the butter.
¼ cup of milk, with a pinch of soda in it.
2 eggs.
1 table-spoonful ginger.
½ grated nutmeg.
½ teaspoonful of cinnamon.
Flour for stiff dough.
Roll very thin; cut into round cakes, and bake quickly until crisp.
Ginger Snaps. (Large quantity.)
1 pound of butter.
2 pounds of flour.
1½ pounds of sugar.
6 eggs, beaten very light.
1 great spoonful of ginger.
1 teaspoonful mixed cloves and cinnamon.
Roll as thin as wafer-dough. Cut into small, round cakes, and bake crisp. Let them get cool before putting them away, or they may soften.