Ginger Nuts

Name: Ginger Nuts (Petit Gateaux au Gingembre)
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: A Pint of Molasses; ½ Pound of Butter; A Pinch of Salt; ½ Pint of Milk, or Water; 3 Tablespoonfuls of Ginger; ½ Teaspoonful of Soda; 8 Cupfuls of Flour; 2 Eggs; A Cupful of Brown Sugar

Petit Gateaux au Gingembre

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Picayune's Creole Cook Book

By The Times Picayune Publishing Company

Published 1901

About

Ingredients

8 Cupfuls of Flour
2 Eggs
A Pint of Molasses</

Americas
United States
Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian
New Orleans

Method

Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; work in the flour and mix well; add the molasses and mix well. Add the milk, into which you will have dissolved the soda thoroughly, beat well; add the Ginger and continue working lightly till thoroughly mixed. Roll out and cut in fanciful shapes. Bake to a light brown.