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Alum Gingerbread

From Dora's cook book, 1888

Serves 10

Presented as published in 1888. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Dora's cook book (1888) by Dora E. Fairfield, page 62. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ALUM GINGERBREAD. One pint molasses, one cup melted lard, one tablespoon- ful ginger, one tablespoonful salt, one cup boiling water ; in half the water dissolve one tablespoonful pulverized alum, and in the other one teaspoonful soda

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