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Home Made Ginger Cakes or Snaps

1/2 cup granulated Sugar, 1 cup Molasses (dark), 1/2 teaspoonful Salt, 1 teaspoonful Cinnamon, 4 cups Flour, 1/2 cup brown Sugar, 1/2 cup Lard, 1/4 cup lukewarm Water, 1 heaping teaspoonful Ginger, 1 teaspoonful The Great "Arm & Hammer" Soda.

Mix together sugar, molasses, lard, lukewarm water in which dissolve the Soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and flour. Mix all together and work well.

This dough should be rather stiff. Let it stand covered with a damp towel as long as possible, if convenient over night. Knead it well until very smooth. Roll out thin and cut out with small cutter or in small pieces the size of a walnut and press flat. Set on slightly greased tins and dampen tops by covering with a damp towel just before baking, which makes them crack nicely. Oven should not be very hot.