Coasting Cookies 1875

COASTING COOKIES.
In the Kitchen (1875)
Elizabeth S. Miller

One pound of flour.
Eight ounces of butter.
Half a pint of molasses.
One tablespoonful of soda, beaten very hard in the molasses.
One tablespoonful of coriander seed, and one of caraway, pounded in a mortar.
Ginger to taste.

Soften the butter, stir in the molasses, ginger, seeds, and flour; roll thin, cut, and bake in a quick oven.
Did we eat them? Yes
Would I make them again? Yes

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