Ginger Snaps Recipe

Ingredients for Ginger Snaps Recipe

• ½ cup shortening
• ½ cup butter
• 1 large cup brown sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon extract ginger
• 1 teaspoon each extract cinnamon and cloves
• 1 quart flour

Instructions

1. 1-1/2 teaspoons baking-powder.
2. Rub to a smooth paste the shortening, butter, and sugar; then rub it into the flour and powder sifted together.
3. Mix into a firm dough with the water and extracts.
4. Roll out the dough thin on a floured board, cut out with a round biscuit-cutter, and bake on greased pan, in a hot, steady oven, eight minutes.