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Christmas Cakes

From Carolina cookery from Quaker kitchens, 1924

—Mrs. A. M. Briggs.

Presented as published in 1924. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Carolina cookery from Quaker kitchens (1924) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHRISTMAS CAKES % oz. salt 1% oz. each of cloves, all- spice, cinnamon, ginger. Flour Mix all ingredients. Add enough flour to make a stiff dough. Roll thin. Bake in moderate oven. —Mrs. A. M. Briggs. 1 qt. of molasses 1 Ib. brown sugar 1 pt. good lard or butter 16 oz. soda

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