Marblehead Joe Frogger Cookies

Yields:	12 servings
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	Preparation	10 minutes
	Cooking	20 minutes
	Ready In	30 minutes

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Ingredients

1	cup	vegetable shortening
2	cups	sugar
2	teaspoons	baking soda
2	cups	dark molasses
1	cup	rum
7	cups	flour, all-purpose
1	tablespoon	ginger
1/2	teaspoon	allspice
1	teaspoon	cloves	ground
1	tablespoon	salt
1	teaspoon	nutmeg

Directions

Cream together shortening and sugar together until light.

In anohter bowl, combine baking soda and moasses and add rum and blend together.

In another bowl, sift together flour with ginger, allspice,nutmeg,cloves and salt.

To the creamed mixture alternately add rum mixture and flour mixture.

stir well between additions. Chill overnight in refrigerator.

Roll out on floured board 1/2 inch thick. cut out with large cutter or wide glass.

Traditionally these cookies were are big as saucers and sailors from Mablehead, Massachusetts took them out to snack on as they fished in the old days.

Joe doesn't make them that big but a good wide mouth glass gives a lovely size.

They will also crack on tops as they cool which is also traditional.

The large amount of salt seems odd but is correct.

Bake at 375 F for 10-12 minutes.