Gingersnaps - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 egg
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. boiling water
1 c. shortening (corn oil or peanut oil)
1 c. syrup
1 Tbsp. soda
1 tsp. ginger and cinnamon

Preparation

Make a stiff dough.
Dissolve soda in water.
Roll out and cut in squares.
Bake in moderate oven. (Use all-purpose flour.)