Cheapest Gingerbread, Yeast-Raised

Ingredients

• 4 cups light bread dough
• 1 cup black molasses
• 1 cup, small, lard or butter
• 1 heaping teaspoon ground ginger
• Flour to make it soft dough
• An egg improves it but is not essential

Method

1. 1

   Work the ingredients all together about six hours before baking time.

2. 2

   Let rise for 4 hours, knead on the table, taking care not to add too much flour.

3. 3

   Roll out in sheets, unroll on baking pans, brush with water mixed with melted lard.

4. 4

   Rise in pans for about an hour, bake for 20 minutes, and brush with syrup.

5. 5

   Cut into square blocks.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 87. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cheapest Gingerbread, Yeast- Raised. 4 cups light bread dough — 2 pounds. 1 cup black molasses — 10 oz. 1 cup, small, lard or butter — 6 05i 1 heaping teaspoon ground ginger. Flour to make it soft dough. An egg improves it but is not essen- tial

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