One heaping cup of fine brown sugar; one teaspoonful of ground cinnamon, and half a one of mace or nutmeg; use one spoonful of butter, if you have no cream, stirring it into the sugar.

Add two or three beaten eggs; mixing all as in general directions for cake.

They can be made without eggs.

Roll out; cut in shapes, and fry brown, taking them out with a fork into a sieve set over a pan that all fat may drain off.
Cut thin, and baked brown in a quick oven, these make a good plain cooky.
GINGER SNAPS.
One cup of butter and lard or dripping mixed, or dripping alone can be used; one cup of molasses; one cup of brown sugar; two teaspoonfuls of ginger, and one each of clove, allspice, and mace; one teaspoonful of salt, and one of soda dissolved in half a cup of hot water; one egg.
Stir together the shortening, sugar, molasses, and spice.

Add the soda, and then sifted flour enough to make a dough,--about three pints.