Joe Froggers

Name: Joe Froggers
Yield: Makes 2 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 1/3 cup, dark rum (such as Myers's); 1 tablespoon, water; 1 1/2 teaspoons, salt; 3 cups (15 ounces/425 grams), all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling out dough; 3/4 teaspoon, ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon, ground allspice; 1/4 teaspoon, ground nutmeg; 1/8 teaspoon, ground cloves; 1 cup, molasses (see note); 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened but still cool; 1 cup (7 ounces/198 grams), sugar

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cookies
Holiday
Lost Recipes

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2007

This Massachusetts spice cookie dates back 200 years and was originally made with seawater and rum.

SERVES Makes 2 dozen cookies

TIME 1½ hours, plus 8 hours chilling and 20 minutes cooling

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