Ginger Snaps

Ingredients

• 1½ teaspoonfuls baking powder
• ½ cupful lard
• ½ cupful butter
• 1 large cupful brown sugar
• 1 cupful water
• 1 tablespoonful ginger
• 1 teaspoonful cinnamon
• 1 teaspoonful cloves
• 1 quart flour

Directions

1. Rub to a smooth paste the lard, butter, and sugar
2. Rub it into the flour and powder sifted together.
3. Mix into a firm dough with the water and spices.
4. Roll out the dough thin on a floured board, cut out with a round biscuit-cutter
5. Bake on greased pan, in a hot, steady oven, eight minutes.