Joe Frogger Cookies: A Bite of Marblehead’s Black History
Revolutionary War Vet Joseph Brown and culinary entrepreneur Lucretia Brown owned and operated a successful tavern in Marblehead MA in the 1800s. The two are best remembered for the Joe Frogger cookies created by Lucretia that never went stale. Made with molasses, rum, and spices, these are quintessential New England cookies! Learn about the couple & their tavern in this video, plus discover where to find Joe Frogger cookies in Marblehead, and a recipe to make Joe Frogger cookies at home too!
⏰TIME STAMPS⏰
0:42 Joseph Brown's Tavern
1:55 Origins of Joe Frogger Cookie
2:58 The Muffin Shop's Joe Frogger Cookie
4:46 Baking Joe Frogger Cookies
11:10 The problem with Black Joe
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126 Washington St, Marblehead, MA 01945.
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Black, Indigenous and People of Color in Marblehead. Marblehead Museum.
Joseph & Lucretia Brown. Marblehead Museum.
How To Make an Election Cake. New England Historical Society.
The Haunting Song From Them Has A Long History. Bustle
Molasses Cookies
Episode 44: I’ll show you how to make the Molasses Cookie that I grew up on... soft, cakey, not too sweet with nice hint of spice.
1 cup of Crisco
1 cup of molasses
1 cup of sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons of baking soda
dissolved in 1 cup of boiling water
6 cups of flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon of ginger
1 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon of salt
Preheat your oven to 375
Dissolve 2 teaspoons of baking soda in 1 cup of boiling water
Cream together Crisco, molasses, sugar and egg
Add flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt alternate that with your baking soda water
Roll out the dough, use flour if it’s sticky and cut out your shapes
Bake for 10-12 depending on the size of your cookie
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Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies
Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies
Fall is upon on us and what better way to celebrate than with some fresh, soft ginger molasses cookies. These cookies smell so good and they taste like the holidays. I am a huge fan of molasses cookies and these hit the spot perfectly.
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Makes about 30 cookies
2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup +2 tbsp molasses
1 whole egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp ginger
2 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit (176 celsius).
In a large bowl, cream together sugar and butter.
Next, add vanilla extract, egg, molasses and mix.
In a medium bowl add flour, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and baking soda.
Combine dry mixture into wet mixture and combine until flour is just combined. Do not over mix!
Next, chill dough in refrigerator for 30-60 minutes.
Now add granulated sugar to small bowl and form dough in balls and roll balls into sugar.
Add onto buttered cookie tray or on parchment paper.
Bake for 11-13 minutes.
Enjoy!
Molasses Cookies
Recipe: Sift together 2 cups all purpose flour with 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp cloves, 1/2 tsp ginger. In mixing bowl mix together 1 cup sugar, 3/4 cup oil, 1 egg, 1/4 cup molasses. Add dry ingredients when all wet have mixed well. Mix everything together completely. Roll dough into 1 in balls and roll in extra sugar then flatten on greased or parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 min or until edges are browned. Batch makes 3-4 dozen cookies depending on how big you roll them.
How to make ginger-molasses stack cookies
Irene Ngo demonstrates how to roll out, stack and cut these striped holiday cookies. Get the Ginger molasses stack cookies recipe.