Ginger Cookies

Name: Ginger Cookies
Yield: Makes Masses
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2½ lb (1.25 kg) flour; 10 oz (275 g) pecan nuts or walnuts, finely chopped; 1½ lb (700 g) molasses; 8 oz (225 g) lard; 1 tablespoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; ½ teaspoon salt

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd's American Pie

By Keith Floyd

Published 1989

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Ingredients

1½ lb (700 g) molasses
8 oz (225

Americas
United States
Cookies

Method

Bring the molasses to the boil in a pan, add the lard, ginger and salt, and mix well. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in 1 tablespoon hot water and add to the pan. Stir, then leave to cool.

Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 4,