1 1/4 c. sugar
1 c. molasses
1 c. corn syrup or honey
2 c. melted lard
1 c. warm coffee
1 tsp. baking soda, dissolved in coffee
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. allspice
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. ginger
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. anise seed
About 6-7 c. flour

Combine all ingredients except flour. Add enough flour to make a stiff dough. Take a piece about the size of a hickory nut and roll into a ball. Place on cookie sheet and bake in a 350 degree oven until lightly browned on the bottom. Makes about 2 gallon jugfuls. Grandma Sager always made an onion sack full of these about a month before Christmas and hung them in the attic by the chimney. She had to make that many because she had twelve children that liked to snitch them.