Preheat oven to 325 F.
| Cream: | 3/4 cup butter |
| with: | 2 cups sugar |
| Stir in: |
2 well-beaten eggs
1/2 cup molasses 2 teaspoons vinegar |
| Sift and add: |
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons soda 2 to 3 teaspoons ginger (I used 3) 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon cloves |
Mix ingredients until blended. Form dough into 3/4-inch balls. Bake on a greased cookie sheet for about 12 minutes. As the ball melts down during baking, the cookie develops the characteristic crinkled surface.
October 2001. [from The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker, page 662]
September 2017. To bake these as bar cookies they'll probably need at least five more minutes - check them with a toothpick.