Joe froggers

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       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.
  
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