Recipe - Joe Froggers (Old Marblehead Cookies)

One half cup Vegetable shortening
4 cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 One half teaspoon Ground ginger
1 One half teaspoon Salt
1 cup Blackstrap molasses
1 cup Sugar
One half cup Water
One fourth teaspoon Allspice
One half teaspoon Ground cloves
One half teaspoon Nutmeg

Mix shortening and sugar well. Stir in molasses nad water. Stir dry
ingredients together separately, then vlend into shortening mixture.

Chill dough for several hours or overnight. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Roll
dough 1/4" thick on floured board or sprinkle Saran wrap with flour. Cut
into 3" circles. Sprinkle with sugar. Place on wellgreased baking sheet.

Bake 1012 minutes. Leave on baking sheet for a few minutes before removing
to prevent breaking. Store in covered jar.

NOTES : Legend has it that an old man named Joe who lived by a pond would
trade these for rum to the seafarers coming home to Mystic. Since the pond
had lots of frogs in it, the large 8 inch cookies were given the name
"Froggers".
Recipe by: Mystic Seaport Cookbook

Posted to EATL Digest 16 Feb 97 by Frank Cavalier cav@IDT.NET on Feb 17,
1997.