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Brown Ginger Cookies, Good Common

8 ounces of butter. 8 ounces of sugar. 8 ounces of black molasses. 4 eggs. 2 ounces of ground ginger. Half cupful of milk or water. 4 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. 2 pounds of flour, or enough to make soft dough. Mix the ingredients in the order they are printed in. Roll out and cut with a small cutter. Ginger Nuts without Eggs. 8 ounces of butter. 8 ounces of sugar. 8 ounces of molasses. 2 teaspoonfuls of ground ginger. 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Flour to make soft dough. Warm the butter, sugar and molasses together and mix them well, when nearly cold again add the ginger, powder and flour. Roll pieces of the dough in long thin rolls and cut off in pieces large as cherries. Place on buttered pans with plenty of room between. Bake light.

Sugar Cakes without Eggs. 8 ounces of butter. 8 ounces of sugar. 8 ounces of water-a cupful. 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. 1 1/2 pounds of flour to mix, and more to roll out. Mix in the order they are printed. The softer the dough can be handled the better the cakes will be. Sift sugar over before cutting out.