1890 Coffee & Ginger Cookies

1890 Ginger Cookies with Coffee
The Pattern Cook-Book
1 cup molasses
1 cup strong coffee
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup lard
1/2 cup butter
1 tbs ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp soda
3 tsp water
Flour to thicken
Beat the butter and lard well together. Dissolve the soda in the water, and stir it into the molasses, which add to the butter and lard. Add the spice and coffee and sufficient flour to make a soft dough; roll the dough 3/4 inch thick , cut the cakes out, and bake them fifteen minutes in a rather quick oven.
Did we eat them? Most of them
Would I make them again? Probably not.

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