Title: Joe Froggers
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 18 servings
4 c All-purpose flour
1 1/2 ts Ground ginger
1/2 ts Ground cloves
1/2 ts Ground nutmeg
1/4 ts Ground allspice
2 tb Rum
1 c Dark molasses
1 ts Baking soda
1 c Sugar
1/2 c Butter
Recipe by: -BH&G HERITAGE COOKBOOK
Stir together flour, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and 1 1/2 teaspoon
salt. Mix rum and 1/3 cup water.
Combine molasses and soda. Cream sugar and butter; add half the dry
ingredients and half the water mixture, then half the molasses mixture,
blending well after each addition. Repeat. Chill dough for several hours or
overnight.
On well-floured surface, roll dough 1/4 inch thick; cut with a 4-inch
cutter or 1-pound coffee can. Bake on greased cookie sheet at 375 for 10 to
12 minutes. (Watch carefully so cookies don't burn.) Let stand a few
minutes; then remove from cookie sheet.
