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Fairy Gingerbread or Ginger Wafers

From Cooking for profit, 1886

Serves 4

Known as euchre gingerbread, served in packs.

Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

airy Gingerbread, or Ginger Wafers. This appears to have originated in Boston where it is held in high favor and it is a sort of social duty to know how to make it. No eggs needed. 1 cup butter — 7 oz. 2 cups light brown sugai — 13 oz. 1 cup milk — J pint. 4 cups flour — 1 pound. 1 teaspoon ground ginger

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