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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Polkadot, Epona, Cookies, Spicy	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Flour
1	c	Brown sugar
1	c	Molasses
2	ts	Ginger
1	ts	Soda
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	c	Water
1	c	Lard (I use Crisco)

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat molasses and water to boiling point.  Add shortening.  Add dry
ingredients mixed and sifted.  Chill.  Roll very thin and cut.  Bake about
10    minutes in a hot oven.
A note earlier in the cookbook suggests a hot oven should be in the range
of 400-450 degrees (these recipes were devised for the ovens of wood
stoves, apparently.) I'd say to go with 400F.
Very crisp.  Very gingery.
Source: "Baking Made Easy" Occident Flour cookbook, 1923
* The Polka Dot Palace BBS 1-201-822-3627. Posted by EPONA
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #705 by Lisa Clarke <lisa@gaf.com> on Aug 1,
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