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This is a favorite Virginia recipe, of English origin, used since colonial times.
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10 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 cups butter
11/2 cups milk boiling hot
2 tbsp. caraway seed

Blend the butter into the flour until the mixture is mealy. Add the caraway seed. Mix into a dough with the milk. Roll very thin [...]

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10 cups flour
2 tbsp. ginger
1 nutmeg grated
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup molasses
1/2 cup cream

Blend the butter into the flour. Heat the molasses, sugar and cream together. Add the hot liquid to the flour. Knead to a smooth stiff dough. Roll thin and cut into large [...]