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

 * 1) Rub to a smooth paste the lard, butter, and sugar
 * 2) Rub it into the flour and powder sifted together.
 * 3) Mix into a firm dough with the water and spices.
 * 4) Roll out the dough thin on a floured board, cut out with a round biscuit-cutter
 * 5) Bake on greased pan, in a hot, steady oven, eight minutes.