- 1 cup (180gm) Brown Sugar

  - 1 cup (180gm) Butter

  - 2/3 cup Molasses

  - 4 1/2 cup (630gm) Flour

  - 4 tsp Ground ginger

  - 1 tsp Nutmeg

  - 2 tsp Cinnamon

  - 4 tsp Baking Soda

  - 1 tsp Salt

  - Sugar for rolling

- Lightly paddle sugars and butter

- Add eggs one at the time, scrapping often

- Add molasses and mix

- Sift ingreddients then add in two additions

- Refrigerate then scoop and roll into s,all balls

  - 4 cups sugar

  - 2 cups light brown sugar

  - 2 cups butter

  - 4 eggs

  - 1 1/3 cup molasses

  - 9 cups flour

  - 8 tsp ground ginger

  - 2 tsp nutmeg

  - 4 tsp cinnamon

  - 8 tsp BS

  - 2 tsp salt

- Soften butter and sugar with paddle and eggs and molasses slowly

- Add sifted flour and other dry and mix ‘till just incorporated

SPICE BLEND

- 1 oz ginger

- 1 oz nutmeg

- 1 oz cloves

- 1 oz star anise

- 2 oz cardamome

- 5 oz cinnamon

The dough should right away and while still warm

Keep the dough covered at all times with a hot wet towel

Bake each piece at 300 F until golden brown