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English Rolled Wafers I
A classic 1910 sweet built around molasses, with Farmer’s original method and page citation.
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What you’ll need
Ingredients
- ½ cup molasses
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup flour (scant)
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon ginger
Make it happen
Directions
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Heat molasses to boiling-point, add butter, then slowly, stirring constantly, flour mixed and sifted with ginger and sugar. Drop small portions from tip of spoon on a buttered inverted dripping-pan two inches apart. Bake in a slow oven, cool slightly, remove from pan, and roll over handle of wooden spoon.
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