This section is from the book "The Arizona Cook Book", by Williams Public Library Association. Also available from Amazon: Arizona Cook Book.
One and one-half cups of molasses, one cup of sugar, one cup lard, one cup sour milk, two eggs, one tablespoonful vinegar, a little salt, one teaspoonful ginger, one small teaspoon of soda in milk. Flour enough to mix soft. Bake in hot oven. - Mrs. Jas. A. Johnson, Williams, Ariz.
One cup sugar, one cup molasses, one cup shortening or butter, three-fourths cup hot coffee, one tablespoon ginger, one teaspoon allspice, two eggs, flour enough to stiffen, roll thin and bake in hot oven. - Mrs. John Baumgartner, Williams, Ariz.
One cup sugar, one cup molasses, one cup sour milk, one cup butter, one tablespoon ginger, (not heaping,) one level tablespoon soda, one-half tablespoon cloves, one-half tablespoon cinnamon, five cups flour, drop from spoon and bake quickly. - Mrs. McDonald Robinson, Williams, Ariz. .
Boil one pint of molasses. When cooled to milk-warm, beat into it one beaten egg and one teacup butter and lard, mixed and melted. Add two tablespoons ginger, then work in one teaspoonful soda dissolved in a tablespoonful hot water and enough sifted flour to enable you to roll out the dough easily. It must be rolled wafer thin, the snaps stamped out and baked quickly. Remove carefully from the pan and lay on sheets of paper until cold and crispy. - Mrs. Wm. F. Der-mout, Williams, Ariz.
Two cups molasses, one cup shortening, one tablespoonful each of ginger and soda; flour enough to roll rather stiff. Bake in hot oven. - Mrs. C. M. Glowner, Williams, Ariz.
One cup sugar, one cup molasses, two-third cup lard, two-third cup water, one teaspoonful each of ginger and soda. Have the lard and water hot. Flour enough to roll stiff. - Mrs. J. Selman, Williams, Ariz.
One cup molasses, one cup sugar, one cup Cottolene, three fourths cup boiling water, one tablespoon soda, pinch of salt, two tablespoons ginger. Flour enough to roll out. Bake in moderate oven. - Mrs. Ed Duboise, Terlock, Calif.
One-quarter cup each, of butter, sugar and molasses, one quarter tablespoon ginger, one-quarter teaspoon soda, and one and one-quarter cups flour. Cream the butter and sugar, add the molasses and then the ginger, the soda and flour. Beat the mixture briskly, roll out thin on a floured board, cut with cooky cutter and bake in a quick oven. - Mrs. Roy Perkins, Williams, Ariz.
 
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