Aunt Elinor's Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 1 cup molasses
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 cup butter or Crisco
• 3/4 teaspoon cloves
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 1/2 baking soda

Method

1. 1

   Warm molasses and butter together, add spices, then well beaten eggs.

2. 2

   When thoroughly mixed, add alternately the flour and water in which soda is dissolved.

3. 3

   Bake at 450° about 20 minutes to 1/2 hour.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Aunts' Cook Book (1922) by [name missing], page 35. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Aunt Elinor's Gingerbread 1 cup molasses 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3^ cup butter or Crisco 3^ teaspoon cloves J^ cup boiling water IJ^ baking soda 1 3^ cups flour 2 eggs 1 teaspoon ginger Warm molasses and butter together, add spices, then well beaten eggs. When thoroughly mixed, add alternately the flour and water in which soda is dissolved. Bake at 450® about 20 minutes to ^ hour. Aunt Elinor's Ginger Cookies 1 J^ cup lard 3 cups flour 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoonful ginger 1 cup molasses 1 tablespoonful cinnamon 3 eggs 1 tablespoonful baking powder 1 tablespoonful soda pinch of salt 1 cup boiling water

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