Ginger Cookies Recipe

After the child has fully mastered this recipe, let her next try some

ginger cookies. To a half a cupful of molasses, one teaspoonful of soda,

half a cupful sour milk, half a cupful of sugar, and one-third cupful of

melted butter add one well-beaten egg, three cupfuls of flour, with one

tablespoonful of ginger. This will make a thick mass which is to be

turned out as soft as can be handled, half at a time, on a well-floured

bread board. The child must then flour her rolling-pin to keep it from

sticking, and roll as thin as desired. She should thoroughly grease the

dripping pan and then cut out her cookies and lift carefully into place,

one just touching another. The oven should be quite hot for these as

they ought to bake quickly; and on removing from the oven, they should

stand a moment in the pan before being lifted on to a plate.