Joe Froggers
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
Instructions
- Sift flour with salt, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and allspice.
- Combine water with rum or rum extract.
- Combine soda with molasses.
- Cream shortening and sugar.
- Add sifted dry ingredients, water/rum mixture and molasses mixture in two sections to creamed mixture, blending well after each addition.
- Chill dough, preferably overnight.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet.
- Roll to 1/4 inch thickness on floured surface. Cut with a 4 inch cutter. Place on the prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Let stand on sheet a few minutes before removing to prevent breaking.
- 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.
Find it online: https://simplygreatrecipes.com/joe-froggers/
