Joe Froggers

Joe Froggers were first created by a Marblehead, Massachusetts, character called Uncle Joe, who lived on the edge of a frog pond.

Uncle Joe made the best molasses cookies in town, and they were called Joe Froggers because they were as large as the lily pads frogs sat on and as dark as the frogs in the pond. Fishermen found they would keep on long sea voyages and soon began trading rum for Uncle Joe’s cookies.

Joe Froggers

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Joe Froggers were first created by a Marblehead, Massachusetts, character called Uncle Joe, who lived on the edge of a frog pond.

• Prep Time: 12 hours 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 10 minutes
• Total Time: 12 hours 20 minutes
• Yield: varies
• Category: Cookies
• Method: Oven
• Cuisine: New England

Ingredients

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7 cups sifted all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cloves I teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon allspice 3/4 cup water 1/4 cup rum or 1 tablespoon rum extract 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 cups dark molasses 1 cup shortening 2 cups granulated sugar

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Instructions

1. Sift flour with salt, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and allspice.
2. Combine water with rum or rum extract.
3. Combine soda with molasses.
4. Cream shortening and sugar.
5. Add sifted dry ingredients, water/rum mixture and molasses mixture in two sections to creamed mixture, blending well after each addition.
6. Chill dough, preferably overnight.
7. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet.
8. Roll to 1/4 inch thickness on floured surface. Cut with a 4 inch cutter. Place on the prepared cookie sheet.
9. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
10. Let stand on sheet a few minutes before removing to prevent breaking.
11. Store in a covered cookie jar.

Notes

If using rum extract, increase water to 1 cup minus 1 tablespoon, then add the 1 tablespoon rum extract to the water.