Coffee Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups of flour
• 1/2 teaspoons of soda
• 2 tsps ginger
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup Brer Rabbit molasses
• 1/2 cup melted shortening
• 1 cup hot, strong coffee

Method

1. 1

   Sift together dry ingredients.

2. 2

   Mix eggs with brown sugar, molasses, and melted shortening.

3. 3

   Add dry ingredients and lastly hot coffee.

4. 4

   Bake in a shallow pan in a moderate slow oven from 30 to 45 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 9 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Delicacies (1929) by Thursday Club (San Diego, Calif.), page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Coffee Gingerbread Sift together 2y2 cups of flour with \y2 teaspoons of soda, 2 tsps ginger, ll/2 tsp cinnamon, l/2 tsp. cloves, l/2 teaspoon nutmeg and l/2 teaspoon bakin g powder. Mix 2 beaten eggs with 24 cup brown sugar, ^4 cup Brer Rabbit molasses, and }i cup melted shortening. Add the dry ingredients and lastly one cup hot, strong coffee. Bake in a shallow pan in a mod- erate slow oven from 30 to 45 minutes, depending on thick- ness. Slowness in baking is the secret of good gingerbread. — Mrs. J. M. McColl. Brown Bread 1 egg 1 cup sour milk 1 tsp. soda l/2 cup molasses fill with 2 cups graham flour sugar to make ■% cup and 1 cup white flour fill with hot water Salt Bake in cans 45 minutes in slow oven. — Mrs. William Wahrenberger. Everlasting Rolls 1 cake yeast ^ cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. salt 4 cups luke warm water 1 egg Enough flour to thicken Blend yeast with 1 tbsp. sugar until it becomes liquid. Add remaining sugar, water and beaten egg, sift enough Hour to make batter. Beat well, add melted shortening (not hot) salt and enough flour to knead. Keep in ice box and use as need- ed. Work down each day. — Mrs. William F. Wahrenberger. Wa'nut Waffles 2 well beaten eggs, add 3 tablespoons sugar, 2 cups milk (either sweet or sour) 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 level tea- spoon soda, % teaspoon salt, 6 tablespoons butter, y> cup graham flour, j% cup chopped walnuts. Makes about 9 waffles. — Mrs. George Sears. —70— Thursday Club Delicacies Hot /head and Waffles Maryland Cream Waffles 2 cups flour 2 eggs 4 teaspoons baking powder 1^4 cup milk T -2 teaspoon salt y2 cup butter ( *4 lb- ) 2 teaspoon sugar Mix and sift dry ingredients together; add milk which has been mixed with beaten egg yolks, add melted butter beat smooth and fold in egg whites. — Mrs. Earl C. Rice. Hygienic Pancakes Yolks 2 eggs, well beaten, salt, scant sugarspoon sugar, lit- tle over ^4 cups sweet milk, 1 tblsp. meal, 1 level cup flour, 2 tsp. baking powder. Put in 1 tblsp. melted butter before the milk. Fold in the beaten whites last. Fry in a little butter. V~y ~Xjf*~ O \ -Mrs. Fred Jarboe. V Waffles M to 1 cup milk ( sweet or 3 tsp. baking powder sour) (heaping) 1 tbsp. sugar Salt 1^2 cups flour 2 eggs. Beat yolks and T/2 cup melted shortening

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