Ginger Snaps

== Ingredients ==
* 1½ teaspoonfuls baking powder
* ½ cupful lard
* ½ cupful butter
* 1 large cupful brown sugar
* 1 cupful water
* 1 tablespoonful ginger
* 1 teaspoonful cinnamon
* 1 teaspoonful cloves
* 1 quart flour
== Directions ==
# Rub to a smooth paste the lard, butter, and sugar
# Rub it into the flour and powder sifted together. 
# Mix into a firm dough with the water and spices. 
# Roll out the dough thin on a floured board, cut out with a round biscuit-cutter
# Bake on greased pan, in a hot, steady oven, eight minutes.
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