Old Fashioned Ginger Cakes

Total Time: 29 mins Preparation Time: 19 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tablespoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup boiling water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350. sift together the flour, salt, ginger, and cinnamon. stir the soda into the molasses. melt the butter in the boiling water. turn both wet mixtures into a bowl and stir in the flour mixture. add more flour if needed, but keep the dough as soft as can be handled. drop by teaspoonfuls unto an greased cookie sheet.
• 2 bake until just turning brown at the edges. this recipe will make about twenty cakes.